On the morning of Feb. 6, the road leading to the Bardiya District Administration Office in western Nepal was filled with people moving as one. Dust rose from their footsteps. Voices layered over each ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The president of Nepal on Friday appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister and the first woman to head the Himalayan nation's ...

Fourteen women have been elected to Nepal's parliament, accounting for just over 8% of the seats. Despite the constitutional ...

Nepal’s young anti-corruption protestors reportedly used the platform Discord to hold an impromptu vote to pick their first interim woman prime minister days after toppling the KP Sharma Oli ...

More than 900,000 people identify as sexual minorities in Nepal, which has some of South Asia’s most progressive laws on LGBTQ rights.

India, March 18 -- Nepal has taken a significant step toward inclusivity as Bhumika Shrestha, a well-known LGBTQ rights ...

KATHMANDU – Sushila Karki, 73, was sworn in as Nepal’s interim Prime Minister on September 12 becoming the first-ever woman PM of the Himalayan nation. Karki, also the country’s first woman Chief ...

Kathmandu — Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Mount Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman. Climbers ...

In 1912, Jamini Sen became the first woman Fellow of Glasgow’s Royal College, founded in 1599 and long closed to women.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The president of ...