Nepal’s Living Goddess In the centre of Patan City in Nepal resides a living goddess, a child as young as four, chosen to host a deity of invincible feminine power. On her young shoulders rests the fate of the nation. Goddesses in many religious traditions around the world exist only in
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BBC Documentary – Nepal: Banished for Bleeding
Nepal: Banished for Bleeding Getting your period in Nepal is a big deal. Menstruating women face many restrictions – they are not allowed to worship or enter the kitchen. Our young Nepali reporters Divya Shrestha and Nirmala Limbu still remember the shock at suddenly being excluded from festivities for being
Leader of Post-Quake Rebuild Removed
Read more by following the Link below. http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/world/asia/nepal-removes-leader-of-post-earthquake-rebuilding-effort.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FNepal
Nepal Chief Justice Sushila Karki Suspended
Nepal’s first female chief justice has been suspended after an impeachment motion filed against her was signed by members of parliament. Click on Link below to read more. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/nepal-chief-justice-sushila-karki-suspended-170501124314347.html
Administration Denies Scrapping of the Let Girls Learn Initiative
Please click on the link, which relates to reports that the Trump Administration was ending the Let Girls Learn Initiative, and the White House denial of those reports. https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVvzOzghZ_GAA2WwPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw–/RV=2/RE=1493778255/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yahoo.com%2fnews%2ftrump-says-won-apos-t-064211143.html/RK=0/RS=U4qpAKy02koSlKMDxrbbWRtogFY-
Check out the new Peace Corps Nepal Homestay video!
Click on link below: https://www.youtube.com/embed/VhNZkYk_NKU?showinfo=0&amodestbranding=1&enablejsapi=1
Let Girls Learn Nepal Project Funding Request
A Peace Corps Nepal volunteer is asking for support for a training program she is hoping to organize. Read about it here: https://donate.peacecorps.gov/donate/project/young-womenas-leadership-camp/
Peace Corps’ Let Girls Learn Initiative
https://www.peacecorps.gov/about/global-initiatives/let-girls-learn/
Nepal’s Rank of 144 is up in the Human Development Index
http://annapurnapost.com/annanote/news/5671/Nepal’s-ingress-to-‘medium’-category-praiseworthy,-ranks-144-in-Human-Development-Index