calendar_today 11 October 2017

Post-floods, girls play a critical role in southern Nepal

RAUTAHAT — After dozens of people were displaced and many houses were waterlogged when floodwaters started gushing into settlements on the night of 12 August, Priyanka…

calendar_today 06 October 2017

Press Release

Deputy Prime Minister Mahara receives credentials of new UNFPA Representative

KATHMANDU, 6 October 2017 —Hon'ble Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Krishna Bahadur Mahara today received the Letter of Credentials of Ms…

calendar_today 01 September 2017

Press Release

Govt, UN in Nepal sign 5-year development assistance framework

KATHMANDU, 1 Sept 2017 — The National Planning Commission and the United Nations Country Team in Nepal signed the United Nations Development Assistance Framework …

calendar_today 26 August 2017

Reaching out to Nepal flood survivors

Devastating floods have caused widespread displacement and destruction in southern Nepal, a disaster that has put pregnant women, post-partum mothers and other vulnerable women…

calendar_today 24 August 2017

News

Helping restore the dignity of flood-affected women

BANKE, Nepal -- A 20-year-old mother was sleeping in her thatched hut with her baby when floodwaters came rushing in at midnight on 12th August. Her husband and other family…