Nepal: Citizenship, Ultranationalists, Marital Status, And Our Inhumanity

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  • Reading time:17 mins read

To me, the worth of a Nation is in the way it treats the weakest and the most vulnerable within its borders.

The way it has been treating the most vulnerable-- children, women, Dalits, and the home-born "refugee" -- Nepal as a nation has little to no worth.

Our nation has lost our humanity and Buddha would be ashamed of us.

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16 Days of Activism Against GBV Campaign: Story of a Brave Woman

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  • Reading time:6 mins read

When we raise and educate children using violence, of course, they grow up to be violent, especially the boys. No wonder, domestic violence is such a major issue in the country. We have to do a number of things to curve that. One of them is to eliminate the use of violence against children, whether at home or at school. We should instead raise and educate them compassionately and by engaging with them in a healthy and developmentally appropriate manner etc.

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Pro-life Christians Undermine Law of The Country

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Before abortion was legalized in Nepal in 2002, "up to one-fifth of incarcerated women were convicted of abortion-related crimes" and "more than half of maternal deaths during the one-year study period [was attributed] to abortion-related complications."

Now we have a pro-life Christian organization with 32K strong volunteers, and hospitals run by a Christian organization most likely staffed by also conservative pro-life Christian doctors who follow their religion's narrow dictates when it comes to abortion.

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You Don’t Have to Agree with Someone’s Opinion to Defend Their Freedom of Speech

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Difference of opinion should NOT stop one from fighting for the freedom of speech of another individual, as long as they exercise that right civilly, observing all the decorums expected of them in social discourses.

But, sadly, NOT everyone seems to think so.

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Nepalese Constitution 2072: Discriminatory Citizenship Rights (Maithili version)

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The Nepalese constitution promulgated on September 20, 2015 discriminates against women. Rights available to men aren't available to women. One such right is the right to pass on citizenship to children. This is the Maithili version of a series of info-graph which very clearly lays out the details.

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Nepalese Constitution 2072: Discriminatory Citizenship Rights (Newari version)

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The Nepalese constitution promulgated on September 20, 2015 discriminates against women. Rights available to men aren't available to women. One such right is the right to pass on citizenship to children. This is the Newari version of a series of info-graph which very clearly lays out the details.

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