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21
percent of pregnant women in Karnali are
children, by Govinda KC (rep 31/12/2023)
Local
levels pledge to end child marriage in Gulmi
(rep 29/12/2023)
Don’t
be cruel : With the mindset of seeing daughters
as a burden, child marriage is hard to do away
with (kp 22/12/2023)
Active
efforts to reduce child marriages in Sinja,
by Netra Shahi (rn 19/12/2023), Local
units in Jumla’s Sinja ramp up efforts to curb
child marriage : Faced with a staggering
prevalence of child marriages, three local units
have teamed up to tackle the issue, by DB
Budha (kp 20/12/2023)
Number
of street children decreasing lately (kh
15/12/2023)
What
are legal measures in place to ensure child
protection in Nepal? (rep 20/11/2023)
Making
Nepali media child friendly : Newsrooms must
uphold strong editorial practices that promote
children’s issues, by Ayush Joshi and Arun Rai (kp
03/11/2023)
7
million students deprived of right to education,
by Bal Krishna Sah (ht 22/09/2023), Mind
children's right as you fight for yours,
teachers told (ht 22/09/2023)
Religious
leaders, priests and faith healers
mobilised to end child marriage in
Kalikot : Although Nepal abolished child
marriage in 1963, the practice is still
rampant, especially in rural parts of
the country, by Tularam Pandey (kp
17/09/2023)
Birth
registration pending for 26,000 children in
Karnali (kh 16/09/2023) [This means denial of children's basic
rights!]
Juvenile
delinquency: Legal and practical gaps : Some
children are held for crimes they did not even
commit, and they do not know how to get out,
by Shailu Sharma and Sadikshya Nepal (kp
15/09/2023)
Constitution
has ensured children’s right as fundamental
(kh 15/09/2023)
Harrowing
reality of online exploitation among children
(ae 31/08/2023), Children
at risk of sexual misbehavior through internet:
Study (ae 31/08/2023)
Divorce
rate rising in Salyan where child marriage
continues unabated : Lack of awareness,
mentorship and financial constraints contribute
to early marriages leading to divorces, say
experts, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 22/08/2023)
Climate
change adds to children’s woes : Climate-induced
disasters hinder their access to health,
education, nutrition and protection, by
Richa Gurung (kp 28/07/2023)
Child
labor goes unchecked despite laws (kh
07/07/2023)
Schools
and LGBTQI+ children : The heteronormative
school culture disregards the rights and
well-being of children, by Saroj KC and
Ayush Joshi (kp 03/07/2023)
Child
labor situation in Nepal: challenges and ways
forward, by Sudarshan Neupane (rep
27/06/2023)
WVIN
has been collaborating with all three tiers of
govt in the sphere of child welfare,
interview with Roslyn H Gabriel, National Director
for World Vision International Nepal (ht
10/06/2023)
Nepal
not doing enough to tackle online child abuse :
According to police cyber bureau, 110 cases of
sexual abuse against children were reported in
the past 11 months, by Anup Ojha (kp
09/06/2023)
How
local governments can safeguard children’s
rights : It is the duty of the local governments
to create trustworthy functional mechanisms so
that children facing abuse can report without
any fear, by Helina Rai (nlt 16/05/2023)
Children
from Karnali families are falling prey to
fraudulent foster homes : Nearly a hundred
children from Karnali are rescued from
children’s homes in various cities every year,
says activist, by Tularam Pandey (kp
29/04/2023), Get
them out of there : It is vital to address the
root cause behind why children are forced to
languish in shady care homes (kp 04/05/2023)
NCRC
asks child homes to acquire permission (kh
26/04/2023)
Child
homes are far from trafficker-proof, by
Ajabi Poudel (ae 12/04/2023)
‘Every
child has the right to survive, learn and be
protected' : ‘As the Country Director for Save
the Children Nepal and Bhutan, I aspire to do
something meaningful for the children, and try
to always remember the humanity that inspired me
to join the non-profit sector.’, interview
with Heather Campbell, Country Director, Save the
Children (nlt 02/04/2023)
What
will it take to end child marriage?, by
Anushka Nepal (ae 23/03/2023)
Status
of South Asian Children, by Rajeeb Shrestha
(rep 23/03/2023)
Social
Workers in Juvenile Justice system of Nepal,
by Biswash Chepang (kh 21/03/2023)
Child
protection in Nepal: Majority of local
governments fail to take child rights measures :
Out of the total 753 local levels, only 238 have
formed a Child Rights Committee, and 246 have
deployed a Child Welfare Officer (nlt
20/03/2023)
CLARISSA
research reveals pathways to, abuse and
exploitation faced by children in the worst
forms of child labor : The life stories of the
research reveal different abusive and
exploitative practices, including harassment and
bullying, against children in child labor in the
adult entertainment sector by both customers and
employers (nlt 14/03/2023)
The
devastating effects of child marriage, by
Anushka Nepal (ae 09/03/2023)
Child
marriage; still prevalent and on the rise,
by Anushka Nepal (ae 02/03/2023)
The
price of not having a place to play, by
Cilla Khatry and Anushka Nepal (ae 23/02/2023)
Orientation
to religious leaders to check child marriage
(kh 05/02/2023)
If
children with disabilities aren’t educated, they
won’t be able to participate in society : ‘When
we work in inclusive education we have to target
the government, the children, the teachers and
also the communities’, interview with
Pauline Nadim Ducos, Regional Director, Humanity
& Inclusion (nlt 24/01/2023)
Children
suffer in Nepal’s orphanages, by Anushka
Nepal (ae 30/12/2022)
Too
young to marry : More effort is needed to raise
awareness and educate young men, women and
parents (kp 21/12/2022)
Early
marriage traps disadvantaged girls in poverty
cycle : A multisectoral approach is needed to
understand and eradicate this multifaceted
social evil, say experts, by Arjun Poudel
(kp 15/12/2022)
Over
9 percent CCHs in three provinces not complying
rules and standards: Study (kh 03/11/2022)
The
government should expand child grants : With 40
percent of the population under 18 in Nepal,
investing in children is more important than
ever, by Meenakshi Ganguly and Lena Simet
(kp 23/10/2022)
In
Myagdi, child marriages continue despite
multi-million rupee campaigns : According to
district health authority, nearly 20 percent of
pregnancies reported over the last year were
underage, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp
02/09/2022)
Halesi
Tuwachung municipality launches girl
mobilization program to stop child marriage
(kh 08/07/2022)
The
woman who gives a new lease of life to
children of the incarcerated : In the
last two decades, Indira Ranamagar’s
organisation PA Nepal has provided more
than 2,000 children of incarcerated
parents with a safe environment to grow
up in, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
05/07/2022)
Marginalized
since birth : Despite legal provisions, the
births of many Dalit children in the Madhes are
not registered, mostly due to a lack of
documentation on the part of the parents, by
Rajendra Senchurey and Smriti Kafle (rec
28/06/2022)
Stakeholders
demand coordinated actions to eliminate child
labor : Elimination of the all forms of child
labor is our national commitment. We all need to
work toward achieving that goal: Stakeholders
(with video) (nlt
19/06/2022)
“First
we need to understand the underlying factors
that push children to the worst form of child
labor”,interview with Sudarshan Neupane,
Head of Tdh Nepal Country Office (nlt 12/06/2022)
New
children's regulation seeks to promote child
rights (ht 08/06/2022), New
regulation sets further criteria for child care
homes (ht 12/06/2022)
Parties
widely used children in campaigns as poll body
remained ineffective : Poll body failed to crack
down on parties and stood as a mere spectator,
observers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/05/2022)
Growing
up in a hyper-connected world : Many parents are
increasingly worried by their children’s overuse
of digital devices. Experts suggest setting
limits to screen time, by Aarati Baral (kp
11/05/2022)
Birth
certificates mandatory to tie the knot in
Chandannath Temple : The temple made the
decision following complaints that a large
number of child marriages take place in the
shrine, by DB Budha (kp 03/05/2022)
Legally
unmarried, socially married : In Karnali, early
marriages, driven by a host of factors, are
rampant, which have multiple consequences,
especially on girls, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
02/04/2022)
Child
care homes operating without meeting criteria to
be penalised (ht 12/03/2022)
Thami
children deprived of education : Many girls and
boys from the Thami community in Doramba
Shailung and Khadadevi rural municipalities
district marry in their early teens, by
Santosh Dhungel (ae 10/03/2022)
Forgotten
children : Woes of migrant women, by Mausam
Shah Nepali (ht 09/03/2022)
Child
marriage unabated, thanks to ignorance of legal
provisions (ht 04/03/2022)
Police
Stops Nine Child Marriages In Dhanusha, by
Dhirendra Prasad Sah (rn 01/03/2022)
104
child workers at two wards of Melamchi alone
(kh 17/02/2022)
Climate
change as a driver of child marriage, by
Shuvam Rizal (rec 15/02/2022)
Still
1.1 million children are engaged in labour in
Nepal (kh 11/02/2022)
Child
labor declining in carpet and garment
industries: Study (rep 25/01/2022)
Children
without father or born through second marriages
deprived of birth registration : Many children
are stateless as they are unable to get
citizenship certificates due to lack of birth
registration documents issued by ward office,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 18/01/2022) [How can a state that calls
itself a democratic constitutional state deny
citizenship to children because their parents
were not legally married to each other? This is
a serious violation of international law!]
UNICEF
calls for urgent action to help children facing
disproportionate impact of COVID-19 (rep
10/12/2021)
‘Every
child deserves to be raised in a safe and loving
environment’ : ECEC Nepal conducts a
network meeting to discuss child development and
parenting in Nepal (kp 06/12/2021)
Teenage
elopement widespread in Kalikot : As many as 169
incidents of child marriage were reported in
Tilgupha Municipality and Shubhakalika Rural
Municipality last year, by Tularam Pandey
(kp 18/11/2021)
Tilottama
in Rupandehi to be declared a children-friendly
municipality (kh 15/11/2021)
How
the climate crisis adds to child marriage in
Nepal : As harvests fail due to drought and
floods, girls from marginalised families are
forced to marry earlier to escape poverty,
by Sonam Lama (nt 12/11/2021)
Report
finds child labor rife among informal, small
businesses : New campaign calls for governments
and international agencies to focus on tackling
the worst forms of child labor found in
thousands of small, informal businesses (nlt
11/11/2021)
Govt
approves Online Child Protection Procedure
(ht 27/10/2021)
Climate
crises affecting children’s learning and
protection (kh 08/10/2021)
The
pandemic has further increased Nepali children’s
vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking :
In a recent incident, a total of 12 Nepali
children who left for work to India after
pandemic canceled classes were rescued by human
rights organizations, by Rishav Sapkota (nlt
06/10/2021)
Musahar
children can’t enrol in schools for lack of
birth certificates : Child marriage, which is
illegal in Nepal, is still common in the
community leading to unregistered births of
children from underage marriages, by Bharat
Jargha Magar (kp 25/09/2021) [Every
child living in Nepal has a right to unhindered
school attendance! What does this have to do
with birth documents denied out of narrow-minded
and partly patriarchal ways of thinking?]
Child
marriage cases up by 31.25pc (ht 15/09/2021)
Pledge
to reduce child marriage (ht 22/08/2021)
Frightening
effect of child marriage in Jumla: 860 young
girls got pregnant last year, by DB Budha
(rep 17/08/2021)
Child
marriage rises in Rolpa despite legal
prohibition (rep 04/08/2021)
Nine
children rescued and reunited with their
families (kh 05/07/2021)
Child
marriage negated in Doti (kh 13/06/2021)
Let
our children thrive : We should act to ensure
that children are not robbed of their childhood
and dreams , by Narayan Bhattarai and Shiva
Shanker Dangol (kp 13/06/2021)
COVID-19
pandemic threatens progress made by Nepal to
reduce child labor (rep 11/06/2021) [see report
by UNICEF and ILO]
Malnourished
children deprived of care as nutritional rehabs
are converted into isolation facilities :
Doctors warn child and infant mortality will
increase, and years of effort and
investment in reducing child mortality
will go to waste, if the issue is continuously
ignored, by Arjun Poudel (kp 02/06/2021)
Time
to end the unacceptable: Together we can end
child labour, by Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa (ht
31/05/2021)
Covid-19
fuelling child labour in Nepal, a new Human
Rights Watch report says : With little support
from the government, children have been forced
to work for long gruelling hours for low pay
(kp 26/05/2021) [HRW
report “I Must Work to Eat” - Covid-19, Poverty,
and Child labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda]
1.1
million child labourers in the country: Report;
3.3 per cent of child labourers in urban areas
involved in hazardous work (ht 30/04/2021)
{see report]
Street
Drama Staged To Control Child Marriage (rn
17/04/2021)
Child
marriage rampant in far-flung Bajura (ht
11/04/2021)
Parliamentary
panel endorses research report on Nepal Bal
Sangathan (ht 08/04/2021)
Early
marriage and teen pregnancy rampant in Karnali
Province : According to the Ministry of Social
Development, 41,000 teenage girls got married in
Karnali in the last three years, by Chandani
Kathayat (kp 07/04/2021)
Laws
are not enough : We risk reversing years of
hard-earned progress toward keeping children,
especially girls, in school (kp 17/03/2021)
2,219
of 2,729 missing children found, reintegrated
with family (ht 17/03/2021)
In
Kalikot district, incidents of child marriage
are still rampant169 incidents of child marriage
were reported in two local units of the district
in 2020, by Tularam Pandey (kp 16/03/2021)
Children
becoming victims of sexual exploitation due to
internet misuse (ht 11/02/2021)
Children
in stress due to parent’s dispute, by Sabina
Karki (kh 11/02/2021)
Forced
labour, bonded labour and child labour prevalent
in country’s brick kilns sector, new report says
: Organisations call for concerted efforts by
all key stakeholders–government, industry
employers and workers–to work for a decent work
agenda in the country’s brick production
industry (kp 29/01/2021) [see UNICEF
report], Forced,
bonded, child labour thrives in brick kiln
sector, report says : Organisations call for
efforts by government, industry employers and
workers to strive for a decent work agenda in
the country’s brick production industry (kp
30/01/2021)
Lost
and never found: Hundreds of children, more
girls than boys, go missing every year The
majority of children who go missing are
eventually found but stakeholders fear all
those who go missing are vulnerable to
trafficking and exploitation, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 15/01/2021)
Bajura
local government seeks religious leaders’ help
to stop child marriage, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 08/01/2021)
Child
labour free zone proposals sought from local
bodies (ht 06/01/2021)
Expedite
action against child labour: MoFAGA (ht
25/12/2020)
Nepal
child marriages spike during pandemic : Faced
with the economic fallout of the pandemic,
under-age marriages have increased, by Marty
Logan and Shraddha Shree Maharjan (nt 25/12/2020)
‘Living
Goddess’ post vacant in Nepal’s Bhaktapur,
by Ishwor Kaji Khaiju (ae 25/12/2020)
Bridegroom,
relatives held for child marriage (ht
17/12/2020)
Ignored,
ergo ignorant: Without intervention, the plight
continues, by Durga Innani (ht 07/12/2020)
Prevent
child abuse : It’s hard to gauge the magnitude
of the paedophilia problem but is said to have
increased after the 2015 earthquake (ht
03/12/2020)
World
Children’s Day : Reflecting on its meaning,
by Simone Galimberti (ht 23/11/2020)
574
street-children rescued since 2016 (kh
22/11/2020)
NHRC
calls for protection of child rights (kh
21/11/2020)
Nepal
to be declared free of street children in
current fiscal year: Minister Shrestha (kh
21/11/2020)
24
children rescued from India (rep 21/10/2020)
Eleven
children rescued from children’s home in
Kathmandu (kh 21/10/2020)
Child
marriage: Time to reverse the trend, by by
Bjorn Andersson and Jean Gough (ht 12/10/2020)
COVID-19
pushes more children into poverty (ht
25/09/2020)
Online
classes come at the cost of eye problems for
studentsDoctors fear the risk of myopia, and
predict that visits to doctors with eye
complaints will soar in the coming days as
restrictions on movement loosen, by Samiksha
Baral (kp 18/09/2020)
Government
deadline for total literacy likely to be pushed
yet again : Since 2008-09, nearly Rs 12 billion
has been spent on several literacy
campaigns, yet 24 districts are still not fully
literate, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/09/2020)
Licence
of child care home seized (ht 07/08/2020)
Amend
laws related to children: Panel (ht
05/08/2020)
Children
are collateral damage in Nepal lockdown: Four
months of lockdown has killed many more children
than the disease it was supposed to control.
by Sonia Awale (nt 24/07/2020)
Children
deprived of secondary-level education in a Madi
settlement: The nearest secondary level school
is about a two hours’ walk away, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 12/07/2020)
Urgent
action needed to safeguard millions of
children’s future, says UNICEF (ht
25/06/2020)
Children
from low-income working class families can't
join online classes: Schools and colleges across
the country are rolling out online classes, but
those without the means to get a computer or an
internet connection are being left out, by
Anup Ojha (kp 09/06/2020) [We are talking about the overwhelming
majority of Nepalese school children!]
Malnourished
children at risk as nutrition centres are
requisitioned for Covid-19 care: The country
will have more deaths from malnutrition if the
issue is ignored, nutrition experts have warned,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 09/06/2020)
As
Covid-19 continues to weaken the health system,
an estimated 4,000 children could die in Nepal
in the next six months, UN agency warns: UNICEF
says it fears that without urgent action, the
number of children dying before their fifth
birthdays is going to increase for the first
time in decades (kp 14/05/2020)
Five
held for using street kids to steal (ht
12/05/2020)
In
Butwal, juvenile delinquents are compelled to
stay at a crowded correctional facility without
proper means: As a result of the overcrowding,
many suffer from skin-related diseases, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 22/03/2020)
Pragmatics
Of Ending Orphanages, by Umesh Raj Regmi (rn
13/03/2020)
Despite
campaigns and government policies, child
marriage is still prevalent in Makwanpur: The
Bagmati Provincial Government has plans to
eradicate child marriage by early 2022, but
numbers are not all too encouraging, by
Pratap Bista (kp 07/03/2020)
Nepal’s
baby export, by Akash Chhetri (kp nt
21/02/2020)
Unable
to trust adults, rescued children end up back on
the streets: While on the streets, children are
often physically and sexually abused and end up
addicted to drugs, which can cause them to
relapse once rescued, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
04/02/2020)), Mean
streets: Make sure that the children enjoy their
rights in practice (kp 05/02/2020)
Early
marriages common in Rolpa, by Dinesh Subedi
(rep 04/02/2020)
More
kids in child care homes: Number of needy
children is on the rise while the number of care
homes remains constant (ht 03/02/2020)
Children
at high risk of sexual exploitation in Nepal:
Report (ht 02/02/2020) [see ECPAT
International report]
Government
drafts action plan to eliminate child labour:
Many children have been found to be employed in
informal sectorsr (ht 01/02/2020)
Underage
mothers regret early marriage, by Mukti
Narayan Neupane (rep 21/01/2020)
In
Salyan, it’s now mandatory for wedding cards to
include age of bride and groom: The move is
aimed to control child marriages in the
district, according to Salyan’s District Police
Office, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 20/01/2020)
Puppy
love marriages destroying young lives (ht
17/01/2020)
Child
marriage, child labour still remain major
challenges in Rolpa: The local level had made
efforts from running awareness campaigns to
introducing mid-day meals in government schools
in a bid to ensure child rights, by Kashiram
Dangi (kp 13/01/2010)
Government
rescues hundreds of children every year but does
little for their care: Children are usually put
up in transit homes before they are either
handed over to other shelters or their families,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/01/2020)
Children
left behind are the hidden costs of labour
migration: Labour migration leads to
transnational families which are often
dysfunctional, causing adverse psychological
impacts on children and adolescents at home,
by Elisha Shrestha (kp 07/01/2020)
Child
marriages continue unabated (ht 04/01/2020)
Child
marriage continues unabated in Dang: Activists
advocating against child marriage say most
children succumb to family pressure and there’s
no help forthcoming from authorities (kp
02/01/2020)
Probe
panel formed to look into activities of
children’s homes (ht 01/01/2020)
A
rural municipality in Salyan launches campaign
against child marriage: The campaign is being
launched in view of the increasing incidents of
child marriage across the district, by
Biplav Maharjan (kp 20/12/2019)
‘Big
sisters’ work to rescue Nepali child brides
(ht 13/12/2019)
Pact
to enhance quality of services for kids inked
(ht 07/12/2019)
Children
feature most in media coverage on human
trafficking (ht 05/12/2019))
Sanibheri
Municipality takes strict measures to curb child
marriage: Underage couples and their guardians
will be barred from receiving government
services and facilities, by Hari Gautam (kp
28/11/2019)
Govt
takes big stride to abolish child labour in
local levels (ht 27/11/2019)
Child
rights march: Partnership for progress, by
Janes Immanuel Ginting and Pratistha Koirala (ht
26/11/2019)
Number
of missing girls two times more than boys:
Report (ht 21/11/2019), Cases
of missing children on the rise in Nepal
(rep 21/11/2019)
Nepal
reaffirms commitment to eliminating forced
labour, human trafficking and child labour:
Nepal’s objectives are in line with the United
Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/11/2019)
Reimagining
the peace pact: Some aspects of the 2006
Comprehensive Peace Agreement need to be revived
and updated, by Mohna Ansari (kp 19/11/2019)
Children
at juvenile reform centre living in poor
condition: The facility in Thanabharyang,
Hetauda, lacks teachers, rooms and toilets,
among others, by Pratap Bista (kp
21/11/2019)
Child
marriage cases on the rise but police complaints
scarce, say child activists: According to a
recent survey, 46.9 percent of total marriages
in the country are still child marriages, by
Durgalal KC (kp 21/11/2019)
Every
child in Nepal has the right to a happy
childhood: Although Nepal has made strides in
the past 30 years in securing children’s rights,
much remains to be done, by Elke Wisch and
Veronica Cody (kp 20/11/2019)
Under
the guise of humanitarian aid, high-profile
paedophiles are abusing Nepali children: Loose
laws, illiteracy and poverty, along with an
unsuspicious welcome of foreigners, have turned
Nepal into a haven for Western paedophiles,
by Janakraj Sapkota (kp 16/11/2019), Predators
on the prowl: Child molesters often enter
gullible poor countries as aid workers (kp
18/11/2019)
Children
of daily wage earners face abuse (ht
15/11/2019)
Priests
to check birth registration and citizenship
certificates of brides and grooms prior to
solemnising their weddings: The priests will
work with the local government, police, women’s
groups, child clubs and students to end child
marriage in Rukum (West), by Hari Gautam (kp
10/11/2019)
Aiming
for a better future, by prioritising the young:
Nepal has no idea how to prepare its children
for the future. But it needs to learn before it
is too late, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
05/11/2019)
Child
marriage on rise, young mothers regret early
marriage, by Manju Upreti (rep 17/10/2019)
Ignorance
and poverty driving parents in Humla to send
their children to children’s homes in Capital:
40 children were rescued from several children’s
homes in Kathmandu and handed over to their
families in Humla in the past three months,
by Chhapal Lama (kp 03/10/2019)
Authorities
rescue children from different childcare homes
in poor conditions: The majority of the rescued
children are from Karnali zone, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/09/2019)
Beauty
pageants for children: Exploitation or harmless
entertainment? Such beauty pageants are slowly
gaining momentum in Nepal, but what purpose
these events serve is yet to be decided, by
Arjun Bhattarai (kp 26/09/2019)
Child
labour still prevalent in Pokhara: Nearly 400
children were employed as workers in Pokhara in
the last fiscal year 2018/19, data shows, by
Bina Thapa (kp 25/09/2019)
Around
1,600 children deprived of citizenship: Lack of
citizenship certificates has put the lives of
many youths on hold in Nawalparasi (West),
by Nabin Paudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Alternatives
to corporal punishment is even more effective,
by David Kainee (rep 16/09/2019)
Violence
against children on the rise, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 16/09/2019)
Nine
minors rescued from a children’s home in Bafal,
three arrested: The children were living in
dismal conditions, surviving only on rice and
salt, authorities say, by Shuvam Dhungana
and Bhrikuti Rai (kp 22/08/2019)
Head
of Bal Mandir, nation’s oldest non-profit for
children, arrested on charges of child
trafficking: The director of the organisation
has been accused of abetting a British national
in unlawfully procuring a Nepali child and
assisting in obtaining fraudulent documents to
claim the baby, by Tsering D. Gurung (kp
16/08/2019)
Bill
proposed to end child labour in informal sector
(ht 14/08/2019)
She
eloped when she was 16. Now she’s serving time
for child marriage: The law on child marriage is
so vague, it often ends up criminalising victims
rather than perpetrators, by Tsering D.
Gurung (kp 12/08/2019)
Child
marriage still prevalent in areas declared child
friendly in Sudurpaschim: Fourteen girls under
the age of 20 became mothers in the area in the
last three years, health workers say, by
Tripti Shahi (kp 31/07/2019)
Incidents
of child marriage on the rise (ht
30/07/2019)
Early
marriage rampant in a village in Mugu, despite
being declared child marriage-free four years
ago: Mothers as young as 16 struggle to build a
comfortable life for themselves and their
children, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
20/07/2019)
Child
marriages resulting in divorces in Rukum, by
Lokendra Khanal (rep 17/07/2019)
Anti-child
marriage campaigners work amid challenges in
Banke, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp 12/07/2019)
Physically
punishing students is ineffective, harmful, and
illegal but teachers continue to do it: Many
school teachers, and even parents, still believe
that physically disciplining students is
sometimes necessary, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/07/2019)
Girl
who escaped child marriage becomes social
activist, by Sujata Lama (kp 04/07/2019)
Child
soldier issue may reach ICC, warn activists
(ht 03/07/2019)
Abject
poverty deprives minor of treatment, education
in Bajura (ht 30/06/2019)
Locals
implement innovative idea to campaign against
early marriage: Siraha folk wedding invitation
cards that have the age of both bride and
bridegroom, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp
25/06/2019)
Mayor
calls off son’s wedding with minor girl after
complaint: Dhanusha police says 16 underage
marriages were stopped in the past 10 months as
more people are reporting child marriage cases,
by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp 18/06/2019)
Chandrapur
is on its way to become child marriage-free
municipality: Local council aims to eradicate
child marriage from all the wards by 2021, but
not everything is going as planned, by Shiva
Puri (kp 10/06/2019)
Nepal
ranks 10th for child marriage among boys
(ht 08/06/2019), UN
report ranks Nepal tenth in prevalence of child
marriage among boys: To end child marriage in
the country, stakeholders should focus on ending
child marriage of both sexes, experts say
, by Nayak Paudel (kp 09/06/2019)
Keeping
up with Asia: Investing in children is the best
investment a country can make, by Ned Olney
(kp 06/06/2019)
Human
Capital relates to health and productivity:
There are at least 1 million children under five
years in Nepal who are stunted, by Manav
Bhattarai (kp 05/06/2019)
Child
marriages ending up in divorces in Rukum, by
Lokendra Khanal (rep 04/06/2019)
Violence
against children unabated in Province 2, by
Suresh Yadav (rep 04/06/2019)
Nepal
has made progress in child health, but experts
say the country has a lot more to do: The
country has progressed by 142 points in the past
two decades and ranks 133rd out of 176 countries
based on indicators such as infant
mortality rate, access to education,
malnutrition, child marriage and child labour,
according to the Global Childhood Report-2019,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 29/05/2019)
Child
marriage still rampant in Bajura: Even people’s
representatives are found to be marrying
off their underage children, by
Sangeeta Timilsena (kp 28/05/2019)
Children
skip classes to sell kafal, by Janak KC (rep
27/05/2019)
Punarbas
Municipality tense after police foil child
marriage (ht 25/05/2019)
Disciplining
the other way: The ban on all forms of corporal
punishment in all settings is a great
achievement, by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp
24/05/2019)
Children
face commercial sexual abuse (ht 24/05/2019)
Spare
all kinds of rods: They are ineffective, by
Dronashish Neupane (ht 21/05/2019)
Local
units determined to end child marriage through
strategic plans, by Bira Gadal (rep
21/05/2019)
In
Tikapur, social media sites being blamed for
child marriages, by Yogesh Rawal (rep
19/05/2019)
122
rescued from illegal child care home (ht
18/05/2019)
Child
marriage in Nepal: eloped at 13, mother by 17,
by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 17/05/2019)
Community
Police Partnership Programme launched in
Rautahat: The drive aims to tackle child
marriage and dowry practices, by Shiva Puri
(kp 15/05/2019)
For
or against child marriage? Green flag tells it
all in Baitadi, by Bira Gada (rep
13/05/2019)
Child
marriage rampant in Rolpa but rarely reported to
police, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 12/05/2019)
Ending
child labour: Whose concern is it?, by
Pratistha Koirala (ht 10/05/2019)
14-year
old gives birth to baby boyUnderage parents face
hard time registering marriage, child’ s birth
(ht 09/05/2019)
19
minors rescued from ‘illegal’ child care
centre, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 08/05/2019)
Teenage
girls in Achham launch campaign against child
marriage, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 05/05/2019)
Early
marriage unabated among Chepang girls, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 13/04/2019)
Child
labour force drives brick kilns in Bhaktapur
(ht 03/04/2019)
Rautahat
works to end child marriage, by Shiva Puri
(kp 10/03/2019)
31
street children rehabilitated (ht
27/02/2019)
Child
marriage high in Guthichaur, by DB Budha (rep
24/02/2018)
Nahartol
girls vow to check rampant child marriage,
by Pawan Yadav (kp 19/02/2019)
Dangerous
respect: When we instill in children an
unquestionable respect for adults, we render
them powerless, by Raji Manjari (kp
12/02/2019)
Entertainment
industry employing minors (ht 10/02/2019)
Child
marriage still in practice in the Chepang
community, by Pratap Bista (kp 09/02/2019)
27
street children rescued (kp 02/02/2019)
Government
aims to end child marriage (ht 25/01/2019)
Rukum
villages bid farewell to Maghe Sankranti with
child marriage, by Lokendra Khanal (rep
17/01/2019)
Procedure
issued for managing street kids (ht
17/01/2019)
State
2
kicks off ‘Beti Bachau-Beti Padhau’ campaign:
According to the scheme, every newborn girl will
be insured in the Province’s eight districts
from Tuesday, by Shahiman Rai (kp
16/01/2019)
Musahar
girl champions the cause of ending child
marriage in community, by Bharat Jarghamagar
(kp 15/01/2019), Changing
times (kp 15/01/2019)
Pass
on props, please: Using school children to fill
chairs is completely wrong (kp 07/01/2019)
Unlike
others, Mushahar children inherit debt, by
Upebndra Lamichhane (rep 05/01/2019)
Minors
arrested on charge of child marriage, by
Sher Bahadur Jero (rep 05/01/2019)
Campaign
fails to stop child marriage, by Shamsher
Bikram GC (rep 02/01/2019)
Child
marriage,
once rampant, sees decline in a rural community:
Dipendra, the father of Suraj, says he had
received a bicycle, Rs10,000 in cash, some
utensils and clothes as dowry during the wedding,
by Shiva Puri (kp 27/12/2018)
Keep
children
away from politics: We have to let children be
children and let them scale the epitome of
infinite, all-encompassing, and all-embracing
venues, by Babu Ram Neupane (rep 15/12/2018)
Chepang
students go to school barefoot in freezing cold,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 08/12/2018)
Local
unit intercepts children being taken to capital
to work in brick kilns, by Dinesh Subedi
(rep 30/11/2018)
Underage
marriage in Karnali puts young mothers at risk,
by Jyoti Katuwal (kp 29/11/2018)
Call
to end child marriage (rep 18/11/2018)
New
Children’s Act draws flak from rights activists
(ht 18/11/2018)
Police
rescue 35 underage girls from two dance bars in
Thamel, by Anup Ojha (kp 15/11/2018)
Child
accompanying mother in jail deprived of
education, by Ganesh BK and Lokendra Khanal
(rep 13/11/2018)
Ghorahi
Sub Metropolis launches campaign against child
marriage (kp 08/11/2018)
Nepal,
first S Asian country to criminalise corporal
punishment of children, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 06/11/2018), Sparing
the
rod: Criminalising corporal punishment is a bold
step; however, parents and society also must act
to protect child rights (ht 07/11/2018)
Child
marriage prevalent among Chepangs: Study, by
Pratap Bista (kp 04/11/2018)
876
children went missing in last three months
(ht 27/10/2018)
Rescued
street children yearn to reunite with parents
(kp 06/10/2018)
Four
children rescued from Jogbani (rep
24/09/2018)
15,875
kids reported missing in nine years: Untraced
rate higher; Girls more vulnerable (ht
23/09/2018), Children
at
risk: Awareness at the grassroots level and
strong vigilance at border points is a must to
minimise the number of children from missing (ht
24/09/2018)
‘Social
awareness key to ending child marriage’ (ht
15/09/2018)
CM
Poudel vows to end practice of child marriage,
by Pratap Bista (kp 13/09/2018)
1,500
children at risk in Jajarkot, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 05/09/2018)
Can
Nepal
end child marriage by 2030? Both boys and girls
are victims of child marriage, and some are now
working to end the practice, by Namrata
Sharma (nt 31/08/2018)
Draft
law aims to protect rights of children (ht
24/08/2018)
Nurturing
rescued children with nature, by Sewa
Bhattarai (nt 17/08/2018)
Children
are starving in Bajhang: Thousands of children
at risk from malnutrition in the remote
far-western district, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 13/08/2018)
Child
marriage scrapped after two years, by DB
Budha (rep 11/08/2018)
Govt,
brick kiln owners agree to end child labour
(ht 31/07/2018)
Judicial
panel says Ashok must stay with his parents
(kp 26/07/2018)
62
percent of toys sold in country are harmful to
children, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
25/07/2018)
Financial
aid for orphaned children (ht 10/07/2018)
Child
marriages continue unabated (ht 27/06/2018),
Campaign
against child marriage (ht 28/06/2018), Child
rights activists prevent early marriage, by
Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 30/06/2018)
New
law to ensure social security for needy children
(ht 25/06/2018)
Textbook
shortage
in rural Achham: A teacher says textbook
shortage is a perennial problem that the
government has failed to address, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 25/06/2018) [The continued inaction by the government
is a grave violation of the children's
fundamental rights!!]
End
child marriage: Time to act now, by Lubna
Baqi and Tomoo Hozumi (ht 22/06/2018), Parents
blamed for increasing child marriages in
Sindhuli (ht 22/06/2018)
Malnutrition
rife among children (ht 10/06/2018)
Police
rescue
39 girls from dance bars: Police say the girls
were being forced to engage in illicit
activities by their employers (kp
01/06/2018)
Get
them onboard: Majority of marginalized children
and children with disabilities remain excluded,
by Deepak Raj Sapkota (rep 31/05/2018)
Children
working as bus conductors rescued (ht
29/05/2018)
Child
marriage rampant in Dhankuta (ht 24/05/2018)
Children
launch campaign against child marriage, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 23/05/2018)
Children
sent to orphanage in Rukum living miserable life,
by DB Budha (rep 23/05/2018)
Nine
kids rescued from illegal children’s home
(ht 20/05/2018)
More
children calling hotline 1098 for help, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 18/05/2018)
A
national shame: Even as Nepal preps to plunge
into the modern age, evils like child marriage
persist, by Maina Dhital (kp 15/05/2018)
Child
marriage cancelled in Solukhumbu village, by
Radha Dhungana (rep 01/05/2018)
Students
swarm uplands to pick Yarsagumba, by Bishnu
Devkota (rep 01/05/2018)
‘New
toy standard trusts four toxic chemicals’,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/04/2018)
SOS
Children's villages to promote youth employment
(ht 29/04/2018)
Bride
and groom arrested in the middle of wedding,
by Ganesh BK (rep 29/04/2018)
‘50
percent children out of school in Province 2’,
by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 19/04/2018)
For
poverty-stricken Rolpa kids work is better than
play, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 19/04/2018)
Over
5,000 children out of school in Kapilvastu,
by Manoj Paudel (kp 18/04/2018)
Children
of brick kiln workers deprived of education
(ht 15/04/2018)
Children
scavenging on scrap to pay for their education,
by Amar Khadka (rep 15/04/2018)
Drive
against child labour in Morang brick plants:
Around 600,000 children work in 1,294 brick
plants across the country (ht 14/04/2018)
Early
marriage leading to rise in teenage pregnancy in
Ramechhap (ht 12/04/2018)
Children
left to fend for themselves break stones, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 21/03/2018)
Young
couple divorced after two days of marriage:
Efforts to curb child marriage becoming
effective in Rukum, by Ganesh BK (rep
17/03/2018)
Domestic
labour issues (ht 15/03/2018)
Schoolchildren
falling prey to online sexual abuse (ht
10/03/2018)
Child
marriage, polygamy taking toll on women’s life,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 05/03/2018)
The
working child: Child labour creates a vicious
cycle of inescapable poverty, by Waro Basnet
(ht 04/03/2018)
Women's
group prevents child marriage in Bajura district
(ht 01/03/2018)
Child
marriage taking toll on rural women's life,
by Jagat Khadka (rep 24/02/2018)
Parents
advised to listen to their kid’s problems
(ht 18/02/2018)
Child
marriage still rampant although illegal, by
Ram Saran Tamang (rep 17/02/2018)
On
air to deter child marriage: How radio is
helping prevent Nepali girls from being married
young, by Shipra Jha (nt 16/02/2018)
Teenage
pregnancy rife in Makwanpur, by Pratap Bista
(kp 15/02/2018)
You
should
wait, baby: Child marriage is a continuing
problem that has been exacerbated by low access
to education and social media usage, by
Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 09/02/2018)
Transport
sector to be child labour-free (kp
02/02/2018)
25
percent
children malnourished in Banke village: District
Public Health Office says malnourishment is
widespread among children in Holiya Village,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 01/02/2018)
Abuse
of innocence: Study after study has linked child
abuse with depression, mood disorders, feelings
of isolation and stigma and poor self-esteem
among others, by Supriya Joshi (rep
28/01/2018)
Budget
for children’s welfare inadequate (ht
27/01/2018)
Sorry
tale of young Chepang moms who have babies every
year, by Sarita Shrestha (rep 27/01/2018)
Rehabilitation
of street children in Surkhet district easier
said than done (ht 10/01/2018)
Child
marriage rampant in Bara (ht 09/01/2018)
Early
marriage contributing to school dropout, by
Madhav Aryal (kp 08/01/2018)
Dolakha
children with physical disability in dire need
of helping hand, by Gokarna Prasad Bhandari
(ht
07/01/2018)
Scaling
up
nutrition: All sectors need to jump in to
address gaps that hamper the provision of proper
nutrition to Nepali children, by Jhabindra
Bhandari (kp 04/01/2018)
People
practicing child marriage to be ostracized and
penalized, by Jagat Khadka (rep 03/01/2018)
Nepal
yet to ratify third optional protocol to CRC,
by Anita Shrestha (ht 02/01/2018)
Punishable
but pervasive: Incidents of child marriage in
Nepal are widespread yet remain woefully
underreported, by Chun Bahadur Gurung (kp
28/12/2017)
36
pc children below 5 stunted in Nepal; Anemia
prevalence in increasesd 5 percent, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 27/12/2017)
Child
marriage rampant in far flung areas of Bajura
district (ht 26/12/2017)
Students
practicing early marriage to be deprived of
various facilities in schools, by Krishna
Oli (rep 25/12/2017)
HIV-infected
children in Baitadi deprived of education,
health care (ht 16/12/2017)
Child
marriage blamed for adolescent violence (rep
15/12/2017)
Don’t
forget the children: Leaders have promised
magnificent things, but said little about ending
malnutrition, by PC Wasti (kp 13/12/2017)
Nepal
yet to ratify third optional protocol to CRC
(ht 05/12/2017)
Surviving
on the streets, by Anupama Angbo (ht
03/12/2017)
Child
labour rampant in far-west (ht 17/10/2017)
Stolen
baby boy was sold to Siraha woman, by
Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 16/10/2017), Babies
as items to steal for some, throwaway for others,
by Suresh Yadav (rep 16/10/2017)
Civil
Code Bill proposes age limit for adoption (ht
08/10/2017)
Increase
in missing children cases baffles cops (ht
18/09/2017)
Laws
to protect child rights in the offing: Minister
Koirala (ht 15/09/2017)
ECDC
necessary in every locality: Minister Koirala
(kp 14/09/2017)
Uncertain
future awaits street kids: Most of them addicted
to drugs, beg to make a living, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 14/09/2017)
Children
used in PM’s election assembly: EC (ht
14/09/2017)
CIB
urges caution in wake of paedophile arrests
(kp 12/09/2017), Nepal
Police intensifies vigilance against potential
paedophiles (ht 13/09/2017)
Over
2,000 children went missing in 2016/2017, by
Pooja Chauhan (rep 10/09/2017)
SAsia’s
religious leaders to work for children’s rights
(kp 08/09/2017), Regional
platform launched to promote children’s rights
(ht 08/09/2017)
Bajura
launches campaign to end child marriage (kp
23/08/2017)
Anti-child
marriage campaign (kp 11/08/2017)
Far
too young: Child brides and grooms convince
peers they are too young to get married, by
Sonia Awale (nt 04/08/2017), Not
just
a social problem, but an economic one; Ending
child marriage cannot be done through
legislation alone: it needs to be tackled at
many different levels, by Elizabeth Hanna
Satow (nt 04/08/2017)
Underage
pregnancy, abortion in street children a health
concern, by Pooja Chauhan (rep 02/08/2017)
End
child
marriage by 2030: Action plan delay leaves goal
in doubt, by Samipa Khanal (kp 21/07/2017)
Man
arrested for impregnating his own granddaughter,
by Yogesh Rawal (rep 20/07/2017)
‘Child
domestic
helps vulnerable to exploitation and sexual
violence’, by Prachi Aryal (kp 10/07/2017)
Govt
to
declare 50 local units child-friendly by next
fiscal (kp 09/07/2017)
Kids
face
the brunt of society’s perception towards
HIV/AIDS (ht 09/07/2017)
Number
of
missing children rises after 2015 earthquakes:
Study (ht 09/07/2017)
Taking
the
lead on lead: Nepali children are exposed to
alarmingly high levels of lead, which is slowing
their intellectual development, by Sonia
Awale (nt 07/07/2017)
22
per
cent children in brick kilns out of school
(ht 06/07/2017)
Number
of
teenage mothers on the rise in Tanahun, says
study (ht 04/07/2017)
Parties
used
853 children during Phase I polls: CCWB (kp
28/06/2017)
212
missing
kids ‘reunited with parents’ (kp 26/06/2017)
Partnership
forged
to fight child marriage (ht 21/06/2017)
Why
child
labour persists: We need to create conditions
that enable families to afford education for
their children, by Ayushma Basnyat (kp
13/06/2017)
Brick
Kilns
still a hub of child labour: Study, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 13/06/2017)
‘Street
children
in poor health’ , by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
04/06/2017)
Male
victims
of child sexual exploitation overlooked, by Anita Shrestha (ht 19/05/2017)
Over
50% children without textbooks in Rupandehi,
by Rekha Bhusal (rep 17/05/2017)
Mother
accused of selling three children in Ilam,
by Bhim Chapagain (rep 16/05/2017)
Parties
found
using children in campaigns, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 12/05/2017), Rights
group
concerned over use of schools, kids (kp
12/05/2017)
568
children
rescued from Valley streets: According to a
recent report, there are over 5,000 street kids
all over Nepal (ht 20/04/2017)
Child
marriages result in disenchanted couples, by
Sher Bahadur KC (rep 19/04/2017)
Kids
sans
birth certificate deprived of education (ht
06/04/2017)
Child
marriage
rife in Haanku: 73 cases recorded in the Jumla
village in the last fiscal year (kp
02/04/2017)
CCWB
reunites
200 street kids with families, by Samipa
Khanal (kp 25/03/2017)
Trapped
in
transition: Economic and political instability
in the Tarai is pushing children south of the
border to a life of abuse, by Shreejana
Shrestha (nt 24/03/2017)
Dalit
children crush stones to buy books, by Janak
KC (rep 22/03/2017)
Thought
for
food: Despite dramatic progress in nutrition,
half of Nepal’s child deaths are still due to
hunger, by Marty Logan (nt 17/03/2017), The
face
of hunger: A debt-ridden Dalit couple is on the
verge of losing their daughter to malnutrition,
by Om Astha Rai (nt 17/03/2017)
Minors
injured
in Jajarkot accident seek parents (ht
15/03/2017)
Street
children vulnerable to addiction, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 14/03/2017)
Boy,
chained up for 17 years, in want of medical
attention, by Surendra Bhandari (rep
14/03/2017)
6-year
old girl roped to wooden bed for two years,
by Shankar Shrestha (kp 13/03/2017)
Child
migration
on the rise (ht 02/03/2017)
No
school after marriage: Need to earn a living
forces the bride and groom out of school, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 27/02/2017)
Underage
marriage
bid thwarted in Sindhuli (ht 25/02/2017)
Innocent
victims: Kids growing up in jail as parents
serve terms, by Shankar Shrestha (rep
18/02/2017)
‘Laws
needed
to safeguard child rights’ (ht 16/02/2017)
Child-friendly
governance
roll-out plan formulated (ht 12/02/2017)
Child
marriage, teen pregnancies affecting female
health, by Jagat Khadka (rep 11/02/2017)
Teenagers’
club foils child marriage (rep 10/02/2017)
Malnourished
girl
dies for want of treatment, by Khagendra
Awasthi (kp 07/02/2017)
Children
of
Bhaktapur brick kiln workers deprived of
education, by Anita Shrestha (ht 29/01/2017)
Children
at work, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 27/01/2017)
Civil
Code
Bill proposes eligibility requirements for child
adoption (ht 25/01/2017)
Underage
workers
leaving for jobs abroad (ht 21/01/2017)
Cops,
locals
work together to curb child marriage (ht
08/01/2017)
Children
at
risk in brick kilns (ht 01/12/2016)
Disabled
kids
still lack access to education, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 31/12/2016)
Open
pits
at brick kilns posing threats to children: Each
brick factory is found to have dug at least 20
pits up to 20 feet deep to store water for
making bricks, but they are left open putting
the children at risk (kp 28/12/2016)
Children
vulnerable as rapes and murders soar, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 22/12/2016)
Group
of
teenage girls foils underage marriage: According
to the District Women and Children Office, about
52 percent of girls in Bajhang marry before
their legal age (kp 13/12/2016)
UNICEF
calls
for protection of children affected by conflict
(ht 12/12/2016)
Don’t
violate
children’s rights: CCWB (kp 01/12/2016)
Underage
marriage
foiled (kp 01/12/2016)
KMC
preparing to expand anti-child labor drive,
by Gyanu Sapkota (rep 29/11/2016)
Reaching
every
child: Millions of children in South Asia face a
difficult journey through life without school,
nutrition and decent health care, by Douglas
J. Noble (kp 24/11/2016)
One-third
of Nepali children age 5-14 put to work: CBS,
by Gyanu Sapkota (rep 24/11/2016)
Corporal
punishment
rampant in pvt schools (ht 24/11/2016)
Child
marriage and after: While most boys left the
village for work after marriage, girls stayed
back in the village, but sadly not in schools,
by Reena Burathoki (rep 24/11/2016)
Child
marriage
still rampant in Kalikot, by Tularam Pandey
(kp 20/11/2016), Child
marriage
rampant in Rukum, shows study (ht
21/11/2016)
More
children
lost, abandoned (ht 17/11/2016)
Stop
child
labour: We can make a difference by refusing to
buy products made using child labour, by
David Kainee (kp 10/11/2016)
‘Child
rights
activists must for inquiry’ (kp 31/10/2016)
Too
young
to marry: If we want to stop child marriage in
Nepal, we have to start talking about sex,
by Sarah Rich-Zendel (kp 28/10/2016)
Vow
to
end child marriage by 2030 (kp 24/10/2016) [Why not immediately? Some
girls not even born now will be married until
then!]
The
Red
Glass Dress: Unravelling the social fabric
underpinning child brides, by Rachel
McFadden (kp 22/10/2016)
When
children work: When parents have no means to
feed their children they feel forced to send
them to work, by David Kainee (rep
19/10/2016)
Campaign
launched to stop child marriage, by Bira
Gadal (rep 18/10/2016)
Ilam
jailbirds’
kids deprived of education (ht 16/10/2016)
One
million
kids still out of school: Report (ht
07/10/2016)
Girls
make move against child marriage, by Bira
Gadal (rep 03/10/2016), Child
marriages increasing in Bajura, blame on phones,
internet, by Krishna Oli (rep 04/10/2016), Child
marriage
rampant in Bajura (ht 15/10/2016)
More
children being adopted within Nepal than by
foreigners, by Gyanu Sapkota (rep
26/09/2016)
‘Ensure
our
right to education, health’ (kp 15/09/2016)
Children
of inmate mothers deprived of education, by
Daman Rai (rep 13/09/2016)
HRW
blames
government for child marriage menace (kp
09/09/2016) [see report,
[see also video], State
should
intervene, says researcher (kp 09/09/2016),
‘Govt
steps not enough to end child marriage in Nepal’
(rep 09/09/2016), No
kidding: According to HRW report, 37 percent
Nepali girls marry before 18, while 10 percent
marry before 15, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep
19/09/2016), Girls
no brides: Around 37 percent Nepali girls are
married before they reach 18 and 10 percent
before they reach 15, by David Kainee (rep
22/09/2016)
Use
of child labor high in Udayapur, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 02/08/2016)
10-yr
plan
aims to end all forms of child labour: According
to estimates, there are around 1.6 million child
labourers in Nepal and 20 percent of them are in
hazardous work (kp 31/07/2016)
Child
labour:
Learn from others, by Saroj KC (ht
28/07/2016)
NHRC
urges
parties not to use kids in political activities
(ht 23/07/2016)
‘Define
use
of children in war as human rights violation’
(ht 06/07/2016)
Child
marriage still rampant: Report, by Shraddha
Amatya (rep 05/07/2016), A
social scourge: Nepal must make a collective
pledge and a concerted effort to eradicate child
marriage (kp 08/07/2016)
UNICEF:
69m
kids could die from preventable causes by 2030:
Only 41pc poorest has access to early childhood
education in Nepal (kp 29/06/2016)
14
children
‘trafficked’ from Dhankuta rescued in Capital,
by Pragati Shahi (kp 25/06/2016)
The
reject
brides of Rupandehi: Young women who fell in the
snare of child marriage are being disowned by
their husbands and in-laws (kp 17/06/2016)
Nepali
kids
not being heard: Global report, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 14/06/2016), Stop
child
labour (ht 14/06/2016)
One
in
20 Kathmandu homes has child domestic help: Study
(kp 13/06/2016)
Number
of
child workers in brick kilns alarming (ht
13/06/2016)
‘Code
of
conduct on anvil to prevent exploitation’:
Minister’s comment follows a report of ECPAT, a
global network of civil society organisations,
that suggests a surge in tourist numbers has
adverse effect on children (kp 13/06/2016)
Twice
as
many female child labourers than male, study shows
(ht 11/06/2016)
Child
labour
rife in absence of strict law: There are 1.6
million child labour in the country out of
which around 20 percent are involved in
hazardous works, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
09/06/2016)
Two-year
‘every
last child’ drive gets under way: Campaign aims to
reach the most deprived girls in the four target
districts (kp 05/06/2016)
Leave
no
child behind: We should always ask whether any
legal, policy or program choice will benefit all
children regardless of who they are and where
they come from, by Dilli Guragai (rep
04/06/2016)
188
street
children rescued in a month (kp 02/06/2016)
Study
says
quake-affected children undergoing various
problems, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep
01/06/2016)
3
children’s shelters in Capital shut (kp
25/05/2016), Pity
the
children: Strict regulation of children’s homes
and investigation of ‘voluntourism’ are needed
(kp 27/05/2016)
Child
labourers
being used in brick kilns (ht 21/05/2016)
The
girl
story: Maya's story shows how to go beyond
describing the tough reality, to changing it,
by Anne-Brigitte Albrectsen (rep 18/05/2016)
Brick
kilns
pledge to avoid child labour (ht 13/05/2016)
The
fight
to end child marriage: Nepal outlawed child
marriage in 1963 but child marriage is still
rampant in various districts, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 13/05/2016)
Child
marriage,
abortion cases high in Dang: Some women found to
have undergone abortion up to six times in one
year before reaching the age of 20, by
Durgalal KC (kp 03/05/2016)
Things
are
changing: The rate of child marriage has
dropped, and the average age for marriage has
gone up, by Anjita Parajuli (kp 20/04/2016)
Girl’s
complaint
stops wedding (ht 15/04/2016)
Child
marriage
cases high in Jumla village, by LP Devkota
(kp 13/04/2016)
Many
destitute
children trafficked to India: CIB; Central Child
Welfare Board says 237 children have gone
missing in the wake of last April’s earthquake
(kp 12/04/2016), Embassy
writes
to Indian ministry to probe reports (kp
19/04/20167)
Too
young
to marry: Political leaders must move to end
child marriage by considering it a national
issue, by Asmita Verma (kp 10/04/2016), A
many-sided problem (ht 11/04/2016)
No
child’s
play: Strict enforcement of law is necessary but
not sufficient to prevent child trafficking
(kp 06/04/2016)
Quake
survivor
children ‘being sold’ in Britain (kp
05/04/2016), Govt
wakes
up to UK paper claims after three days: The Sun
on Monday reported that child survivors of last
year’s earthquake ‘being sold’ to rich Brit
families (kp 07/03/2016)
Deprived
of
a childhood, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep
01/04/2016)
DoE
directs
against use of panchakanya, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 27/03/2015)
So
you
want to be a voluntourist? Well-meaning
foreigners are being duped by fake orphanages
unknowingly contributing to a vicious cycle of
abuse, by Michael Nishimura (nt 25/03/2016)
Girl
summit
to focus on child nuptials (kp 21/03/2016),
Child
marriage:
Much to do, by Namrata Sharma (ht
22/03/2016), Nepal
in
race
against time to end child marriage (kp
24/03/2016), Shame:
So
many girls getting married before the age of 18
is our collective failure (kp 25/03/2016)
Let
the
children play: Kids are being made to do hard
work when they should be enjoying their
childhood, by Pratistha Koirala (kp
16/03/2016)
Child
marriage
rampant in Saptari (ht 15/03/2015), Child
marriage
below 18 years stands 83 per cent in Saptari
(rep 15/03/2016)
Early
marriage
severely hampering school education, by
Narendra Upadhya (rep 15/03/2016)
Child
workers
flee carpet factory due to poor condition,
sexual harassment (kp 29/02/2016)
Lalitpur
brick
kiln found using child labor, by Deepak
Kharel (rep 29/02/2016)
Child
marriage
still rampant: 50 pc women aged 20-49 years got
married before they were 18 (ht 28/02/2016)
30
pc
children involved in hazardous works: Report
(kp 27/02/2016)
Differently-abled
deprived
of access to information (ht 24/02/2016)
Assessment
report
shows child care homes in Lalitpur understaffed
(ht 23/02/2016)
‘Children’s
home
should not aim for profit’ (ht 22/02/2016)
Children
in
Tarai need counseling, say experts (kp
21/02/2016)
Seven-month-old
languishing
in police custody with mother (ht
20/02/2016)
Go
easy,
teachers: Using corporal punishment to maintain
order in the classroom is an obsolete concept,
by Durga Gautam (kp 19/02/2016)
Poverty
forcing
families to put children to work (ht
18/02/2016)
Access
to
justice for children: Nepal ranks 78th in world
(ht 16/02/2016)
Child
marriage
continues unabated (ht 14/02/2016)
No
place
to call home, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
12/02/2016)
Young
mother
in prison with two daughters, by Aash Gurung
(kp 11/02/2016)
The
kids
aren’t alright: Whenever the family itself is the
cause of the problems the children face, we should
step back and think, by Simone Galimberti (kp
11/02/2016)
Ex-child
labourers
call for society fit for all children:
Stakeholders say making consumers aware against
using products made using children will not help
curb the problem in the country (kp
09/02/2016)
Kids
from
earthquake-hit areas eke out existence at brick
kilns, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 04/02/2016)
DAO
directs
children’s homes to submit monthly report
(ht 29/01/2016)
Many
Dolakha
children missing after earthquake: Parents say
their children are attending Buddhist
monastic schools in India, but they do not know
where in India exactly, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 27/01/2016)
Unrest
threatens
children’s rights (kp 26/01/2016)
Thami
girls
deprived of education (ht 25/01/2016)
CCWB
preparing
guidelines for ethical reporting (ht
21/01/2016)
Minor
in
jail, mother seeks protection (ht
14/01/2016)
Call
to
revise Children’s Act in line with statute
(kp 13/01/2016)
Ensure
child
rights through amendment, say activists: Child
rights expert Milan Dharel says the statute is
silent on political misuse of schools and
children, which must be stopped (kp
11/01/2016)
Central
Child
Welfare Board condemns use of children in
protests and tells parties to respect children’s
rights, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 02/01/2016)
In
the
lurch: Orphans become involved in illegal
activities for their survival as they have no
other option, by Arjun Mani Guragain (rep
02/01/2016)
Taken
hostage:
Unless locals come forth to make politicians
accountable, millions of children will be denied
their right to education, by Bhagirath Yogi
and Anamol Mani Paudel (rep 21/12/2015)
54
couples
leave country with surrogate babies (kp
24/11/2015)
Unrest
poisoning
children's minds, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep
23/11/2015)
Appeal
to
put children first (kp 20/11/2015), Saving
the
children: As the welfare of kids is linked to
their parents, livelihood programmes for adults
could aid child protection, by Pratistha
Koirala (kp 20/11/2015)
Call
for
actions to protect children’s rights to
education (ht 20/11/2015)
9
children rescued from ‘illegal’ child home in
Pokhara (ht 11/11/2015)
Child
rights
violations worry stakeholders (kp 11/11/2015), NCE-Nepal
calls
for honouring children’s right to education
(ht
11/11/2015)
Call
for
respecting, promoting child rights (kp
09/11/2015)
Campaign
to
rehabilitate street children launched in Chitwan,
by Tilak Ram Rimal (ht 09/11/2015)
UNICEF
points
to children’s bleak future (kp 08/11/2015),
CWB
appeals
not to use kids in protests (kp 08/11/2015)
32
surrogacy
babies get exit permit in a week, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 07/11/2015)
School
closures:
Unicef concerned over disturbances (kp
30/10/2015), Future
of
over a million Nepali children at risk, says
UNICEF (ht 30/10/2015)
All
play
no work Government should ensure children’s
right to study (kp 29/10/2015)
Nepal
earthquakes
leave bitter legacy as children become quarry
for traffickers (ht 25/10/2015)
UNFPA
stresses
on ensuring girls’ rights (kp 11/10/2015), Power
of
the adolescent girl: Girls’ personal and
collective growth can contribute to
solving the emerging global problems, by
Christian Manhart (kp 11/10/2015), Prioritising
investment
in girls a smart choice, says UNFPA (ht
11/10/2015)
CCWB
urges
child protection (ht 06/10/2015)
Court
ban
on surrogacy: Foreigners unable to take
surrogate babies home (ht 01/10/2015), Govt
mulling
exit visas for babies born to surrogates, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 02/10/2015), Surrogate
parents
want babies home, by Pragati Shahi (kp
06/10/2015)
1,472
child
labourers found in Kaski: DCWC (ht
19/09/2015)
Children
look
for their share in constitution: As per
government data, there are 1.62 million child
labour in the country out of which 620,000 are
involved in ‘dangerous’ jobs (kp
16/09/2015), Suffer
the
children: Govt needs to monitor the prevalence
of child labour and implement laws (kp
18/09/2015)
Several
kids
at school for deaf in Dolakha have severe
ailments, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
15/09/2015)
Don’t
use
children in protests: NHRC (ht 14/09/2015)
Child
labour
goes unchecked, by Pawan Yadav (kp
06/09/2015)
Minors
found
working for Melamchi Water Supply Project,
by Thomas Bogaty (ht 04/09/2015)
Protect
children
during demonstrations: UNICEF (ht
27/08/2014)
Effort
to
curb child marriage fails in Bajura (ht
21/08/2015)
No
children
in demonstrations: NHRC (ht 17/08/2015), Use
of
children in protests slammed (ht
18/08/2015)
No
place
like home: Foster care or adoption is a better
alternative to institutional care for parentless
kids, by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp 09/08/2015)
A
caged childhood, by Nitya Pandey (kp
08/08/2015)
Underage
helpers
in buses hope to become drivers: There are about
400 children working as conductors, more than
7,000 engage in transport sector, by Thomas
Bogaty (ht 01/08/2015)
Patanjali
defies
government order: Brings 27 kids from
quake-affected Sindhupalchok, Gorkha districts
to a hostel in Capital, by Pratichya Dulal
(kp 29/07/2015)
Reaching
out
to the unreached in time of disaster (ht
19/07/2015)
Govt
to
rescue,protect,manage street children more
effectively (ht 16/07/2015)
20
kids
rescued from child home in Capital (kp
13/07/2015)
Earthquake-displaced
children
left in lurch: Child Rights Officer Kamal
Shrestha says they are searching for guardians
of some children (kp 06/07/2015)
Post-quake,
child
marriage cases up: There is growing fear that
many might marry off daughters at quite early
age (ht 28/06/2015)
31
missing
Gorkha monastery kids found (kp 21/06/2015)
UNICEF
working
to control child trafficking after quake (kp
20/06/2015)
Stark
exploitation
of children continues in carpet factories,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 20/06/2016)
CDOs
directed
to act against child trafficking: Parents asked
not to allow their children to travel with
strangers (kp 19/06/2015)
237
kids
missing after Great Quake; Central Child Welfare
Board: 215 children from Gorkha, 22 from
Okhaldhunga are still unaccounted for, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 18/06/2015), Those
involved
in relocating children to face action:
Stakeholders say kids affected by the quakes are
vulnerable to human trafficking (ht
18/06/2015)
Suffer
the
children: Government needs to conduct thorough
background checks on prospective adopters
(kp 18/06/2015)
Patanjali
barred
from taking kids to Haridwar (kp
17/06/2015), 25
kids
rescued,handed over to kin (ht 17/06/2015)
Children
vulnerable
in quake aftermath (ht 12/06/2015)
Government
bans
child adoption, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
27/05/2015), Move
afoot
to protect children from traffickers (ht
27/05/2015)
Registration
of
new children’s homes halted, by Thomas
Bogaty (ht 23/05/2015)
Spare
the
rod: What children need are repeated reminders
and a lot of love, patience, and guidance, not a
slap or a beating, by George Holden and
Umesh Raj Regmi (kp 21/04/2015)
New
Bill
proposes to criminalise use of children in
begging (ht 18/04/2015)
Provisions
for
child adoption proposed (ht 09/04/2015)
Domestic
violence
forcing children onto streets, by Chandni
Hamal (rep 06/04/2015)
Minors
at
work: Eradicating child labour demands serious
efforts to reduce widespread poverty (kp
01/04/2015)
Stop
The Orphanage Business, by Ramesh Danekhu
(rn 31/03/2015)
5
children left in lurch as parents languish in
jail, by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/03/2015)
Minors
working
in Valley sweatshops rescued (kp 30/03/2015)
Call
to
arms to fight child slavery (kp 29/03/2015)
16
children
rescued from Capital-based orphanage, by
Manish Gautam (kp 19/03/2015), 16
rescued
from child home, operators at large (ht
19/03/2015)
Police
to
raise awareness against child marriage, by
Tularam Pandey (kp 12/03/2015)
Shocking
revelation (ht 04/03/2015)
Keep
children
safe: The government needs to keep tab on
orphanages and monitor foreign volunteers
(kp 03/03/2015)
Young
girls’
lives and future at risk as child marriage
persists (ht 15/02/2015), Musahar
child
marriage a huge health risk, by Santosh
Singh (rep 16/02/2015)
Relatives
involved
in forced child labour, trafficking (ht
13/02/2015)
Smugglers
traffick
rural kids to work in brick kilns, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 10/02/2015)
Rescued
kids
handed to parents (ht 06/02/2015)
School
students
launch campaign against child marriage (ht
05/02/2015)
Businesses
fined
over child labour (ht 05/02/2015)
Around
4,000
girls rescued every year (ht 03/02/2015)
Midnight's
children:
Child sex abuse in Nepal (rep 31/01/2015)
Child
trafficking
goes unchecked in central, western Tarai
districts (kp 29/01/2015)
Lekhnath
declared
child labour free zone (ht 27/01/2015)
The
Mentor:
Statistics suggest that there are around 5,000
street children in Nepal, with almost 800 to
1,000 children in Kathmandu alone, by
Chahana Sigdel (kp 24/01/2015)
Child
marriages
rampant in Pyuthan, by Devendra Barma (ht
24/01/2015)
‘Youths
in
sex for pocket money’ (ht 10/01/2015)
Child
marriage
rife among Chepangs, by Narahari Sapkota
(rep 08/01/2015)
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