Grave full of flowers, Life full of silence
BY: Rebina It hurts to think about how flowers grow beautifully around the graves. Not all flowers bloom in sunlight; some rise from sorrow, grief rooted deep in love and memories that can never return. Some flowers bloom from grief — sad yet beautiful. There is something painfully beautiful about how graves become surrounded with flowers, tears, […]
My Journey as a Changemaker
BY: RAHIMAT In many communities, girls are told that leadership is not for them. We are expected to stay at home, do household work, and prepare for marriage instead of following our dreams. Growing up in a Muslim Madhesi society, I often saw these expectations around me. But I always believed that girls are not only the future, we are also […]
FIRST MENSTURATION EXPERIENCE OF A RURAL GIRL
BY: RAHIMAT I still remember the day when I had my first menstruation. It was a Saturday, and I was at home. Our house was under construction, and my family expected me to help with the household work. From the morning itself, I was feeling unusual pain and discomfort, but I had no idea that it […]
Equity is more Important than Equality
BY: RAHIMAT We hear many time the word equality, but in real life, equality does not always mean fairness. Especially in rural areas, treating everyone the same does not solve real problems. This is where equity is more important. Equality means giving the same thing to everyone. Equity means giving what someone actually needs and the quantity they required. In many rural communities, girls and women’s suffer […]
Safe Space in School
BY: RAHIMAT When we talk about menstruation in schools, we often talk about pads, pain, and hygiene. But one very important thing is still missing a safe space. Especially in rural areas, a safe space can make a big difference in a girl’s school life.A safe space is not just a room. It is a place where girls feel comfortable, respected, and not […]
Perfection Is Not Always Good
BY: RAHIMAT Many times in life, we don’t move forward because we want everything to be perfect. We think, “This is not right time” or “If this becomes better, then I will start.” We wait for the right time, the right tools, and the perfect situation. But the truth is most of the time life is not perfect and that is all fine. I […]
“Small Steps, Big Results: How I Learned That Slow is Fast”
BY: RAHIMAT In our daily lives, we often try to do too many things at once. We want to finish everything quickly, handle multiple tasks, and keep moving fast. But most of the time, it doesn’t feel like our work is really getting done. We feel tired, confused, or even demotivated. There’s this constant feeling that no matter how much […]
The Silent Battle Inside the Mind…..
BY PRASHNA MAHARJAN There are battles in life that no one else can see. On the outside, everything may look calm and normal, but on the inside, there are storms that never truly settle. For someone living with OCD, it becomes a constant war with the mind that can rarely be seen. This silent struggle becomes a part of daily life and is often […]
Breaking the silence around periods
BY PRASHNA MAHARJAN नछुने हुनु, पर सर्नु, छुइ हुनु, पन्छिनु…………these are the terms commonly used in our society to describe menstruation. Menstruation, though being a natural and biological process, is still seen as something impure and shameful in many communities. Living in a society that still treats menstruation as a taboo makes it difficult for many girls and women to speak openly about it. Many […]
The Law Said Yes. The System Said No:
BY: GARIMA Nepal’s Unsafe Abortion Emergency Imagine a young woman, maybe 28, maybe 18, living in a rural village in the hills of Karnali. She missed her period. She’s worried. She knows there’s a health institution somewhere, but it’s a six-hour walk away, the roads wash out in the rain, and she can’t tell her husband. So she does what women in her community with the same situation […]