विविधता समावेशी तथा सिमान्कृत वर्गलाई मैत्रीपूर्ण नेपाली भाषाको प्रयोग
संसारका सबै भाषाहरूले आफ्नो समाज र संस्कृतिको झल्को दिन्छ । भाषा, समाज र संस्कृतिको तादाम्य सम्बन्ध हुन्छ । भाषालाई सतही रूपमा सम्पर्कको माध्यम भनी बुझेपनि यो सम्पर्क माध्यममा अन्तर्निहित भाष्यहरू पनि हुन्छ । यी भाष्यहरू समाज पिच्छे नै फरक हुन्छ र ती सामाजिक...
Common myths and misinformation about Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Nepal
We are seeing abundant myths and misinformation about corona-virus (COVID-19), whether it be in Nepal or abroad. False information that is too good to be true, however, at the same time lacks evidence and research has caused mass hysteria among the general population....
मञ्जुरी विना हुने अनलाइन हिंसा
हामीकहाँ सम्बन्धमा ‘कन्सेन्ट’ अर्थात् सहमति र मञ्जुरीका कुरा त्यति बहसमा आउने गर्दैन । प्रेम सम्बन्धलाई त्यति खुला रूपमा नस्वीकार्ने र यौनलाई अश्लील मानिने हुँदा यस्ता विषयको बहस घोषित/अघोषित रूपमा सतहमा आउन पाएको छैन । त्यसो त व्यक्ति–व्यक्तिबीच असमान शक्ति...
Corona epidemic in Nepal and misinformation
Misinformation and disinformation around COVID-19 do more harm than the corona virus itself as it restricts one from getting accurate information about health care and disease prevention. It has increased targeted online hate speech toward individuals who are infected...
Privacy in the Pandemic
The corona pandemic isn’t a purely medical issue, it entangles all aspects of human lives, including our privacy, protection and dignity.
Early ‘Love Marriage’ and the Big, Bad Internet
The prevalence of early marriage in Nepal remains high. UNICEF reports that 37% of girls in Nepal marry before age 18, of which 10% are married by age 15. In 2016, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on the prevalence of child marriages in Nepal. The main...
सूचना प्रविधी ऐनमा यौनिकता र लैगिंकताको सवाल
नेपाल सरकारले प्रस्तावमा ल्याएको सूचना तथा प्रविधी ऐनको मस्यौदामा लैगिंकता र यौनिकताको आँखाबाट केलाउदै सो ऐनले महिला, पिछडिएको वर्ग र यौनिक अल्पसंख्यकलाई कस्तो असर पार्नसक्छ भन्नेबारे बडि एण्ड डाटाका प्रतिनिधी साथीहरु शुभ कायस्थ र रीता बरामुबाट केही धारणाहरु यस...
The problem with Nepal’s porn ban
On 21 September 2018, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology declared that it was going to ban digital pornography. It claimed that the premise for the ban was article 121 of the Criminal Code of 2074 which states that “the internet has made it easy to...
Digital privacy: an overlooked side of civil liberties in Nepal
A series of policies adopted by the Government of Nepal in the last few years reveal a pattern of data collection and surveillance that puts an individual’s right to privacy at risk. As explained in a previous article on biometric identification in Nepal, the...
Biometrics have arrived. Here’s what could go wrong with them
In Laal Purja, the popular television series of the 1990s, Hari Bansha Acharya plays Ghanshyam, a simpleton and the sole heir to property coveted by outside investors. Dhurbe, played by Madan Krishna Shrestha, is a local agent trying to usurp Ghanshyam’s land. As the...