Violence against women

Women people's representatives have expressed their commitment to stop gender-based violence in society.

National Assembly member Bina Pokhrel has said women continue to be subjugated to suppression and injustice.

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal said that menstruation is a mark of a woman's motherhood.

The Home Ministry has said its attention was drawn towards a video clip relating to violence against women which is being circulated widely on social media.

President bats for cooperation between governments, civil society organizations to end VAW

Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand has said that the government is serious about preventing violence against women and children.

The consumption of alcohol has been assumed as the cause of the increasing number of crimes in Doti district, police have claimed.

The UN’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality called for a sharp increase of women in global decision-making in a hotly debated final document

The National Women Commission has urged the government to run additional classes to discourage violence against women in schools

London’s Metropolitan Police was under heavy pressure Sunday to explain its actions during a vigil for a woman whom one of the force’s own officers is accused of murdering.