The prestigious Human Rights award of the country ‘Karmayogi Badri Pahadi Samajsewa Puraskar 2080 BS’ has been conferred to noted social worker and Dr. Bishnu Maya Pariyar. A Nepali-American Pariyar, who resides in New Jersey, USA, is an internationally acclaimed activist working in the fields of human rights, social justice and empowerment.

Kathmandu, Nepal, March 29, 2024—To mark International Women’s Day, Global Compact Nepal, International Finance Corporation, Nepal Stock Exchanges, and the United Nations, partnered to jointly Ring the Bell for Gender Equality, highlighting the private sector’s key role in boosting the investment to gender equality in Nepal. Under the theme Invest in Women- Accelerate Progress, the event chaired by Honorable Bhagbati Chaudhary, Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizen and attended by public, private, and development partners highlighted the opportunities to jointly advance gender equality by actively increasing women’s access in Nepal’s financial sector.

25,000 women and children have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on 8 October 2023. Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion, some 3,238 women and girls have been killed and 4,872 wounded, and the war has displaced some 4 million people in Ukraine, 56% of whom are women. Médecins Sans Frontières reported 18,000 cases of sexual violence in the North Kivu province (Democratic Republic of Congo) between January and October 2023. Victims of the direct consequences of bombardments such as starvation or lack of health care, women suffer all kinds of gender-based violence. What’s more, the migration crisis particularly affects women, increasing their oppression and exploitation.