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Women in a changing Nepal

Women community health workers in Dolakha district walk up the hill for a monthly meeting inside the under-construction health center. The new building will replace the clinic destroyed in the earthquake last year.

They survived the earthquake. Now they’re determined to keep their village healthy.

Development

For one village in Nepal, there’s a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.

24-year-old Prapti Tamang's two-story house was destroyed during the 2015 earthquake.

Portraits from Nepal: Survivors struggle to rebuild a year after the deadly quake

Development
Bimala Parajuli is a volunteer community health worker in a remote mountain village in Nepal. Her home was destroyed in last year's earthquake.

This Nepali health care volunteer kept saving lives even after losing her own home

Health
Shreesha Duwal

A feisty 12-year-old shows us what life in Nepal is like after the earthquake

Development
The Living Goddess, known as a Kumari Devi, is worshipped in Nepal by Hindus and Buddhists alike. Each Kumari Devi is chosen at a very young age. Samita, the girl in this picture, is no longer a Kumari Devi. Since the photo was taken, she started mentruat

Do Nepalis pray to a child goddess after an earthquake?

Belief
The World

A few months ago this Nepali girl was a goddess, now she’s a seventh grader

Lifestyle & Belief

In Nepal, a centuries old tradition of choosing a young girl as a goddess continues to this day. Nepali Hindus and Buddhists worship this girl, known as a Kumari. They believe she’s a reincarnation of the Hindu goddess, Durga. There are a few different goddesses in the Kathmandu valley. The World’s Sonia Narang spent time with one of them during a trip to Nepal.

The World

A few months ago this Nepali girl was a goddess, now she’s a seventh grader

Lifestyle & Belief

In Nepal, a centuries old tradition of choosing a young girl as a goddess continues to this day. Nepali Hindus and Buddhists worship this girl, known as a Kumari. They believe she’s a reincarnation of the Hindu goddess, Durga. There are a few different goddesses in the Kathmandu valley. The World’s Sonia Narang spent time with one of them during a trip to Nepal.

The World

An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents

Health & Medicine

In Nepal, as many as a quarter of newborn deaths could be prevented with the use of an inexpensive antiseptic ointment, routinely used after childbirth in the US. The challenge is getting it to the women who need it in time.In Nepal, as many as a quarter of newborn deaths could be prevented with the use of an inexpensive antiseptic ointment, routinely used after childbirth in the US. The challenge is getting it to the women who need it in time.

Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal

Video: She’s seven months pregnant — and still working in the fields

Health & Medicine

Januka Rasaeli lives in a rural village in Nepal, where women do strenuous chores all day long. Heavily pregnant, she worries her work will put her baby at risk.

Januka Rasaeli, a pregnant woman in Nepal

In Nepal, the manual labor doesn’t stop for expectant mothers

Health & Medicine

For farm women in this South Asian nation, pregnancy brings no respite from hard physical labor. What is being done to give them a much-needed rest?