Gender Focus
Exploring connections between socio-economic factors and violence against women
We are delighted to announce the publication of our third project newsletter for the Women, Work and Violence in South Asia study. In this edition team members reflect on some of the findings from …
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In Nepal women continue to pay the price for the country’s decade old insurgency that ended in 2006 by Suti Saharia Human rights and anti–trafficking activists in Nepal say that thousands of women …
Menuka Thapa is Chairperson of Raksha Nepal, an NGO in Nepal which since 2004 has worked to protect women and young girls working in the so called 'informal entertainment sector' from trafficking and …
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Interview with Suti Sahariah: Nepal’s popular movie star Rekha Thapa has come a long way from being a glamorous face of Nepali film industry to acting in movies that tackle the issues of women …
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In this interview Smita, the Country Lead for the project in Nepal and Myanmar gives a short briefing on the project activities in these two countries. https://youtu.be/Rysvjo6t-ws …
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