Two gang rape incidents have occurred within the span of 24 hours in Saptari district. Police on Monday said two women, ages 18 and 31, were raped at Shambhunath Municipality and Bishnupur Rural Municipality in the district on Sunday and Saturday respectively.A group of five men raped the 18-year-old in…

Bishna Kala BK is a volunteer midwife who has been offering her services in Budhinanda Municipality of Bajura for the past eight years. She provides service in Siradi village of the municipality.However, upper caste people from BK’s village do not summon her for assistance. “Most of the people in my…

Expressing  anger against the school authorities for allowing a Dalit woman to cook their lunch, students of a local school in Teejdanda, Dailekh have padlocked the school office. As untouchability and caste-based discrimination is deeply embedded in the rural parts of the country, the so-called higher castes  refuse to eat anything…

They have a deep connection with music. They say that they learned it while in their 'mother's womb'. Children from poor and marginalized families of Damai community in the remote villages of Rolpa follow their traditional occupation of playing traditional musical instruments during social occasions instead of going to school.…

Rukum was declared an Open Defecation Free (ODF) zone on December 22, 2014, after the successful construction of toilets in 97 percent of the houses and dozens of public areas. However, the locals of three Dalit communities of Athbiskot Municipality are obliged to defecate in the open due to lack…