Last April, Nepal became the first South Asian country to provisionally recognise same-sex marriage, and the second only to Taiwan in Asia. The Supreme Court ruling on Sunil Babu Pant and Others v ...

Young mothers with their children in Muktikot where child marriage has become more prevalent as subsistence farmers cope with a succession of droughts and floods that have destroyed harvests. All ...

Teenager Asha Charti Karki told her parents she was going out to study, but instead she ran off to wed her boyfriend -- one of a growing number of Nepali teenagers who are marrying young by choice.

Kathmandu, July 30 -- The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has recommended the Nepal government to lower the current minimum age for marriage even as ...

Experiencing a Nepali marriage reveals a rich cultural world that many outsiders rarely get to see. From the rituals to the interactions between families, every moment reflects values rooted in ...