Let’s Strive to Make Our Digital Platforms Accessible for All
Written by Jalasa Sapkota After the post pandemic period, our lives have revolved around two different worlds: one physical world, next virtual world. Our lives have become way simpler and more complex at the same time while navigating the world through...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report (July to September 2022)
Freedom of Expression The arrest of comedian Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh once again raised questions regarding freedom of speech; a right guaranteed by the Nepal Constitution. Singh was arbitrarily arrested on charges of attacking and defaming the Newa culture, practices...
Fear of Using a Menstrual Cup
Written by Pooja Bista We live in a society where taboos surrounding sexual and menstrual health imposed on our vulva are like Pandora’s Box. Neither can we talk about it nor can we touch it-- reinforcing the patriarchal concept of “purity”, “the idea of protecting...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report on Digital Rights in Nepal (October – December 2021)
Government’s ambitious plans on digitization but without proper data protection law in place The government of Nepal has made ambitious plans under Digital Nepal Framework. However, the offices have failed to adopt digital technologies to make the administrative...
इन्टरनेटलाई नयाँ हाउगुजी नबनाऔं
लेखक कविता बाहिङ बाल्यकालमा तपाईंहरूलाई कसैले, ‘यो नगर, त्यो नगर, तिमी सानो छौ, तिमीलाई आउँदैन, तिमी सक्दैनौ, तिम्रो लागि यो ठीक होइन’ भन्दा कस्तो महसुस हुन्थ्यो ? मलाई चाहिँ अरूले त्यसो भन्दा म त्यो काम गर्न सक्छु जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । अहिले सम्झिन्छु, सानो...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report on Digital Rights in Nepal (July – September 2021)
Digital Nepal and Smart Cities; Promises made, but not kept When the government launched Nagarik App, it was with the promise of making services easier and decreasing the lines at the government offices. However, some of the services take longer now after...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report on Digital Rights in Nepal (April – June 2021)
Body & Data has been conducting media monitoring on digital rights issues since January 2021. Between January and June, Body & Data recorded 243 reports related to digital rights issues from monitoring major print and online media in Nepal. A total...
यौन तथा प्रजनन स्वास्थ्यबारे डिजिटल छलफलको एक प्रयास
लेखक: गुलाबी संवाद नेपाली समाजमा यौन, यौनिकता, प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य र यसको अधिकारको छलफल संकोचको विषय मानिन्छ । यस्ता विषयलाई शारीरिक सम्बन्धको रूपमा मात्रै बुझ्ने प्रचलन छ । विद्धालय र सार्वजनिक वृत्तमा यस्ता विषयमा उचित शिक्षण र पर्याप्त छलफल भइरहेको देखिन्न । यस्ता...
यौनिक अभिव्यक्तिमाथि नियन्त्रण किन?
लेखक - रीता बरामु समाज लामो कपाल पाल्ने र कानमा मुन्द्रा लाउने हजारभन्दा बढी केटालाई ‘चुल्ठेमुन्द्रे’ भन्दै प्रहरीले नियन्त्रणमा लिई कपाल काटिदिएको र मुन्द्रासमेत निकाल्न लगाएको घटना धेरै वर्ष भएको छैन । प्रहरीले त्यसरी नै होटेलको कोठाबाट जोडीहरू...
इन्टरनेटसम्बन्धी मिथ्या ज्ञान
लेखक - शुभ कायस्थ क्याफे गई घन्टाको ३० रुपैयाँ तिरेर इन्टरनेट चलाउँदै गर्दा यसरी इन्टरनेट घर–घर र हात–हातमा पुग्छ भनेर मैले सोचेको पनि थिइन । अचेल बिहान आँखा खुल्ने बित्तिकै मेसेज वा सामाजिक सञ्जाल चेक गरिन्छ । इन्टरनेट भएन भने कार्यालयको कामसमेत...