Thirty child marriages took place in one municipality in Sarlahi District during the lockdown earlier this year. This startling fact highlights how girls are at particular risk as the Covid-19 crisis ...

Juliet” clause to prevent consensual teenage relationships from automatically being treated as rape, while retaining strict ...

Inside a one-bedroom rented apartment in the heart of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, Prati (not her real name) is busy poring over notes from the Japanese language class she joined in the second week of ...

Access to education and skills training helps girls avoid early marriage and gives them the opportunity to reach their full potential. A peer facilitator displays materials from the Rupantaran tool ...

A growing debate has emerged in Nepal over how the law treats relationships between teenagers, with child rights activists ...

Nepal is considering a "Romeo-Juliet Clause" to differentiate consensual teenage relationships from rape. The proposed ...

Teenager Asha Charti Karki told her parents she was going out to study, but instead she ran off to wed her boyfriend -- one of a growing number of Nepali teenagers who are marrying young by choice.

Kathmandu, May 18 -- The government is preparing to amend the country's criminal laws to reduce punishment in cases involving ...

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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite laws banning child marriage in South Asia, deep-rooted social acceptance of the practice and a failure by authorities to crack down and punish ...