Era Shrestha

Reporter

America Abroad

Era Shrestha is a freelance radio and video producer who covers women's rights and gender issues.

Era Shrestha is a freelance radio and video producer who covers women's rights and gender issues. She has worked in this field for the past seven years with national and international radio and television programs.


Girls from a scholarship program in Nepal

South Asian leaders try new ways to reduce child marriage

Development

UNICEF reports that Nepal is among the 20 countries with the highest rates of child marriage — and its location in South Asia places it in the region with the most child marriages in the world. But the Nepalese government and local NGOs have been working together over the past few years to end the practice once and for all.