She Should be Silent
Published On :
9th May 2018
Category :
Gender and advocacy
Blaming women for harassment, rape is what hundreds of millions of men are taught to believe. The code for women in this country is simple: Dress modestly, don't go out at night, don't go to bars and clubs, and don’t go out alone. If you break the code, you will be blamed for the consequences. Likewise, Anita was a girl who broke the rule and suffered.
Anita, a girl of 20, was excited and thrilled when she got a job in a renowned hotel in Kathmandu. Being efficient, hardworking and sincere, she impressed the management in a short time. After she had been working for a year on the job, a new manager was appointed as her supervisor. The new supervisor.....
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Public Health: Is it really Public?
Published On :
14th May 2018
Posted by : Anisha Shrestha
Category :
Health and Development
I am basically a student of Public Health. I study in Institute of Medicine, actually called teaching hospital by common people. For the people of my village, just being a student in the prestigious “Teaching Hospital” is a feat in itself. They see me as a Qualified medical person, just because I am studying in a medical college. However, I am just a “Public Health Activist”.
I’m presenting this context here because last month one of my villagers called me and told me that his wife has been suffering from serious problem and he is here at “Teaching Hospital”. They were expecting me to help them with the clinical checkup. But I didn’t know anythin.....
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Children at street: whose concern?
Published On :
28th January 2017
“Street children: a matter of serious concern”
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, like any other weekend. I decided to make the best of it by visiting my maternal uncle in Bhaktapur. Mid way at Gaushala, my bus stopped and I saw a scene on the roadside that set deep in my mind. I saw 3 kids- 2 boys, and a girl, around 10-12 years old, wandering with a big rag, collecting something. This is not the first time that I saw street children, but I don’t know why, this time the scene took me to a brainstorm. As the bus started moving, I started to think about them. Many questions raised in my mind. Who are they? Where are they from? Where might their parent.....
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