Dikshya khadgi
Dikshya Khadgi is a feminist legal practitioner and researcher currently pursuing an LLM in Human Rights and Gender Justice. They have previously worked with Body & Data and the Samata Foundation. Their research explores the intersectionality of caste, class,...
Monisha Chaudhary
Monisha Chaudhary is a BA LLB undergraduate at Nepal Law Campus with a strong interest in political philosophy, neoliberalism, and social justice. A creative at heart, she finds joy in hands-on expression; drawing, painting, crocheting, knitting, cooking, and playing...
Unsolicited Nudes and Digital Abuse, Not Flirtation
-Binisha maharjan When I was a teenager, I used Facebook and Messenger to connect with my family and friends. As a playful and innocent girl, I liked to share pictures and write statuses every now and then. It wasn’t the era of followers and follow-backs yet,...
Digital Governance and Rights in South Asia, and the Path Forward White Paper
Last year, 12 digital rights organizations across South Asia came together in Kathmandu to exchange lessons and learnings amid rising state-sanctioned and platform-mediated technology authoritarianism in the region. The discussions tackled a broad range of issues,...
Social Network Bill Explainer
"सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक" बुझ्न गाह्रो हुनु पर्दैन। हामीले कानुनी जटिलताहरूलाई हटाएर सजिलै बुझ्न सकिने व्याख्या/एक्सप्लेनर तयार पारेका छौं। यस व्याख्यामा विधेयकका लक्ष्यहरू, महत्त्वपूर्ण शब्दावली, विषयवस्तु, नियामक ढाँचा, संस्थागत संरचना, अपराध र दण्ड सम्बन्धी स्पष्ट...
Expression, Resistance and Censorship
In August 2024, the ban on TikTok was temporarily lifted in Nepal. Many content creators celebrated this by posting content and being ‘thankful’ for finally getting a medium to get back to their followers, many of whom used TikTok to promote their businesses. TikTok...
Decriminalizing Online Sexual Expression in Nepal with Reference to the Protection of Digital Privacy
In today's digital era, online platforms have created new spaces for communication, self-expression, and connection. However, alongside this growth, significant concerns arise regarding privacy, freedom of expression, and individual rights—particularly in Nepal, where...
Codifying Consent: An Appraisal of Consent-Driven Laws On Online Sexual Expression
INTRODUCTION For many decades, the primary cultural, academic and medical discourses on sexuality have been dominated by concerns about risk, danger, sin and shame. Sexuality has long been a site for social control, and exercise of power and authority- often...
A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON: ONLINE HATE SPEECH AND ONLINE SEXUAL EXPRESSION
Have you ever noticed the comments women receive online? Men often openly express their desire to rape, have sex with, or dominate women in the comments, on social media, and in DMs. These are not bots: these are real people, likely sitting in different corners of the...
Importance of Digital Comprehensive Sexual Education to the adolescents
The school curriculum in Nepal on the subject of Health, Population, and Environment includes a chapter on sex education and it’s been taught in almost every school in Nepal but because of the reason teachers rarely address the students’ curiosity the students...