Regions / South Asia / Nepal

Articles about Nepal, ordered by date. Open 'Nepal' in the New Internationalist magazine app for Android or iOS mobile devices.

Photos and descriptions of missing loved ones, many thought to have been trafficked to India, cover a board at a border police station in Bhairahawa, Nepal. Once in India or overseas, it is extremely difficult for trafficked persons – a third of whom are children – to escape. They are usually held captive, do not know the language, cannot afford to travel home and in many cases are bonded to their captors by fabricated debt.Photo: Violeta Santos Moura

Spirited away

Violeta Santos Moura’s poignant photo-essay reveals the tragedy of Nepal’s human-trafficking crisis – and the courage of those fighting back.

Buy this magazine

NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
530 - March, 2021
Garden dreaming...

Garden dreaming...

Dating apps are disrupting traditional customs in Nepal’s capital.

Buy this magazine

NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018
514 - July, 2018
Clockwise from top left: A bird flies over Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, with the snow-capped Himalayas in the background; stars emerge over Taumadhi Square in Bhaktapur, one of the three historic city states, which is now in the process of being absorbed into Greater Kathmandu; Rajina Tamang lifts her five-month-old baby girl Devi Yani into the air amid the rubble – all that remains of Kuni village in Dhading District following the April 2015 earthquake, which left more than a thousand villagers homeless; Kuni’s villagers queue to be seen by a Médecins Sans Frontières medical team; back in the capital, the Annapurna temple stands behind a fruit vendor in Ason Tol.Photos: Brian Sokol / Panos Pictures.

Country Profile: Nepal

After the 2015 earthquake, foreign governments and organizations pledged $4.1 billion in gifts and loans, but funds are yet to be disbursed, reports Fiona Broom.

Buy this magazine

NI 502 - West Papua - Freedom in sight? - May, 2017
502 - May, 2017
The chaos following last year’s earthquakes left children in Nepal more vulnerable to traffickers.Photo: Julian Bound

Crocodile tears and con tricks

Fiona Broom reports from Nepal on the scandal of the ‘orphanage industry’.

Buy this magazine

NI 490 - Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West - March, 2016
490 - March, 2016
Photo: Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo

Introducing Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Richard Swift shines a light on the first woman president of the small mountainous state of Nepal.

Buy this magazine

NI 489 - Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better - January, 2016
489 - January, 2016

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
The next financial crisis July, 2018
West Papua - Freedom in sight? May, 2017
Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West March, 2016
Humanity adrift: why refugees deserve better January, 2016
Back
New Internationalist - The world unspun

The New Internationalist is an independent monthly not-for-profit magazine that reports on action for global justice. We believe in putting people before profit, in climate justice, tax justice, equality, social responsibility and human rights for all.

If you like the magazine and support what we do, perhaps you'd like to donate some money to help us reach a wider audience?

Site map:
Find us:
Contact us:
  • PO Box 28
    Christies Beach
    SA 5165
    Australia

New Internationalist acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We acknowledge that these lands were stolen and sovereignty was never ceded. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present.

© Copyright New Internationalist 1973-2022. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons.

Except where otherwise noted, images on this site are © the attributed photographer/illustrator or representative agency.