These truly are disheartening times as the country reels from the continuing effects of COVID, amongst political and economical instabilities the masses of the nation are faced with a more harrowing truth. The security of the women in our country is one that is deteriorating with each passing day, with the threat increasing exponentially every year.

Through the years with the ever increasing population of the country, the nation also sees the increase in the number of crimes, more towards women and children. Despite measures being taken to prevent these vile acts from taking place and the general hope that with the changing time people become more educated and thus the occurrence of such acts decrease, the trend seems to be ever increasing. Data from the Women, Children and Senior Citizen organ of the Nepal Police, report that since 2003 there have been more than 15,000 recorded cases of rape registered with the police. With Kathmandu Police, this year, alone report harrowing figures of 98 rape cases registered by this August.