Budget delays at the local level: Reasons and repercussions
Kanchanrup in Saptari has money in its treasury but no authorisation to spend even for dengue control.
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Kanchanrup in Saptari has money in its treasury but no authorisation to spend even for dengue control.
The income and wealth inequality-led crisis is one of the biggest challenges of our time.
Nepal has progressive laws and quotas for women’s representation in politics, but patriarchy and gender discrimination run deep and influence the decisions of parties.
Nepal, June 12 -- Sunita (name changed), a 15-year-old girl from the Makawanpur district in central Nepal, left her home to work in a carpet factory in Kathmandu three years ago after her mother passed away. Her story perhaps symbolises millions of similar stories of Nepali child labourers, particularly from remote, marginalised communities-forced to migrate internally for survival. After three years of child labour, Sunita was rescued and...