research

Nepal’s National ID (NID) project, introduced in 2018, promised to create a unified digital identity for all citizens through biometric enrollment.  Building on our earlier pilot study Digitization of Identities: Efforts, Experiences and Effects, Body & Data now...

Biometric digital identity (ID) systems are being promoted by national governments, multilateral development agencies, and the private sector as the universal solution for legal identification. This pilot study examines the above premise against Nepal’s National...

The Internet and technology have provided people with various opportunities in their personal and public spaces. However there are also many instances of their design having enabled structural violence against women and marginalized communities online. Laws and...

“Identities Experiencing on the Internet: A Survey Report” provides a holistic glance to the diverse identities experiencing the internet and technology in Nepal. While doing so, we explore various themes in the report from a feminist perspective - access and usage,...

NETIZENS: Survey on Internet Usage among Urban Young People in Nepal explores ways in which urban young people use the internet and the challenges & opportunities they encounter while on the internet. 300 young people aged 15 to 24 participated in the study where the...

“Unshackling Expression: A study on criminalisation of freedom of expression online in Nepal’’ by Body & Data, in collaboration with Association for Progressive Communications with the support of the CYRILLA, is a study in continuation of the 2017 report –...

Beyond Access is our qualitative research where we explored how women and queer persons with disabilities used the internet as a platform to express themselves sexually and to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges and risks associated with...