Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Gender & Social Inclusion”
Monsoon induced disaster toll nears 450: A total of 440 people have been killed and more than 100 missing with 745 people injured due to the monsoon induced disaster across the nation. The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that the damage is expected to increase as the monsoon is …
Summary As of March 31, 2020, the death toll from COVID-19 has reached 38,749 with 801,061 infections confirmed in 200 countries and territories around the world, including the spread through two ships; nearly 172,317 people have recovered. Nepal hasn’t remained untouched by the pandemic, and the government hastily announced a …
Summary There is no human control over natural disasters, but there are always small ways to improve the lives of the people affected with those disasters. Improving public health is a key to prepare for epidemics. However, COVID-19, which is turning out to be a pandemic, has unveiled the unpreparedness …
Gender & Social Inclusion (Human Rights & Migration) The severity of Covid-19 on maternity health: The Maternity health has suffered the most during the pandemic. In two months, Banke district reported seven maternity mortality cases. District Health Office states that the causes of deaths are irregular and lack of proper …
“Samriddh Nepal, Sukhi Nepali” was promised by PM Oli on assuming office in 2018. Has Nepal moved forward since? Is the Prime Minister doing anything to keep his words or was it merely an act of securing votes? Will Nepal attract business and investments from foreign countries? Since the …
Gender & Social Inclusion (Human Rights & Migration) Mental Health impinged amidst pandemic: The nation-wide lockdown has severely impacted the patients receiving treatment for mental illness. Particularly, patients from small towns are having problem seeking treatment, having therapy sessions, and accessing medications. Medicines for mental illness are not easily available …
Gender and Social Inclusion Denial of health Service to a pregnant woman resulted in death: Despite the directive of Chief District officer of Morang to provide health services and admit patients of all kinds, a 23-year-old pregnant woman lost her life due to treatment being denied to her. She was …
Gender, Social Inclusion, Human Rights, and Migration Pandemic amplifying gender inequality in education: Pandemic has reinforced the gender roles in Nepali households resulting in gender disparity in seeking education. The world bank has approximated that 111 million girls from the least developed countries have dropped out of schools since March. …
Gender, Social Inclusion, Human Rights, and Migration Food scarcity in Bajura: Bajura district is facing a massive food crisis since Kolti and Kawadi warehouses exhausted its rice stock. Sanphe-Martadi road section along with floods and landslides in the local roads has brought the supply to a standstill. Locals claimed that …
40 District Administration Offices (DOPs) have imposed partial or complete prohibition in different areas after a spike in the Coronavirus cases.
