THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD
By Ali H. Mokdad Physical inactivity, a major risk factor for poor health and chronic disease, is becoming increasingly prevalent in high-income Arab countries – …
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CANADA: Age Is Nothing to Fear
By Tamarack Verrall In a culture that puts restrictions on aging women, Tamarack Verrall believes celebrating aging is a political act. “Old women are here …
Nepal: Saving Patriarchy With Festival !
By Mona Sherpa Women’s movement in Nepal has been successful in ushering manifold progressive change in Nepal. The Constitution has introduced several progressive laws, …
Nepal: Women’s Art and Politics- Part III
By Barbara Nimri Aziz Aama disappears into the darkened house to light the fire. Flames ignite from hot coals stirred out of the ash and …
Women’s Art and Other Work in Nepal’s Hill Country- Part II
By Barbara Nimri Aziz Chait Purnima morning. The essentials for our day’s work are assembled before guest workers arrive on our doormats. A five gallon …
Nepal Hill Art and Women’s Traditions- Part I
By Barbara Nimri Aziz As I cull my writings, I find a few articles undeletable. Even as a historical portrait, some seem to be relevant today. …
Conflict and Rape: Reminiscences
The documentary Conflict and Rape: Reminiscences, produced by Asmita Womens’ Publishing House, Media and Resource Organization- Nepal, presents the condition of the sufferers of rape …
OUT OF NEPAL: WOMEN’S LABOR MIGRATION
By Amanda Peskin Ani, a 25-year old Nepali law student living in Kathmandu, hasn’t seen her mother in person in almost ten years. That’s how …
Criminal code passed, Chhaupadi criminalized
KATHMANDU, Aug 9: The Legislature Parliament passed the Criminal Code 2074 on Wednesday. The Parliament brought the new code in order to update the criminal …
The Personal is Political is Revolution
– Robin Morgan The personal is political. Well, yeah, I admit it: it was a good phrase years ago, challenging the notion that feminism was …