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Cultural Survival and our partner organizations in Nepal, including Nepal Tamang Women Association, Newa Misa Daboo, Sunuwar Women Society, Indigenous Women's League Nepal (IWL Nepal), and National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), submitted an alternative report on the situation of Indigenous women’s rights in Nepal for the 90th session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which will take place in Geneva from February 3rd to 21st, 2025.

Indigenous Rights Foundation (Rai, Tamang, Sherpa, Newar, Limbu, Magar)

The Indigenous Rights Foundation uses ITV Nepal (a satellite television channel in partnership with Indigenous Television) to advocate for Indigenous rights and promote their languages. ITV Nepal produces programs in 20 Indigenous languages, increasing their voices and their access to the media. This has strengthened the use of Indigenous languages and promoted freedom of expression in Nepal.

Radio Triyuga (Kirat,Tharu, Magar, Tamang)

Radio Triyuga 104 FM is located in Triyuga-12, Gaighat Udayapur in Koshi province, Nepal. The station was founded on January 4, 2007 by a group of local communities, mostly members of Indigenous communities, united in the Sagarmatha Information and Communication Cooperative. The station serves the Indigenous communities living in the districts of Udayapur, Siraha, Saptahari, Sunsari, Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Dhanusha, and Dhankuta, which collectively have almost 900,000 inhabitants.

AMARC Asia-Pacific

AMARC Asia-Pacific's goal is to promote social justice and sustainable, democratic, and participatory human development by amplifying the voices of excluded and marginalized communities, including Indigenous Peoples, through community media. It aims to support popular access to communications and to advocate and promote the development of community radio.

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)

The 16th World Social Forum, held under the banner "Another World is Possible," concluded on February 19, 2024, with a resounding message that Indigenous voices cannot be silenced in the fight for global justice and sustainability. While the five-day conference, the first of its kind to be hosted in Nepal, tackled a spectrum of social issues, a distinct theme emerged: the urgent need to address the unique struggles and aspirations of Indigenous communities worldwide.

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar) CS staff

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, concluded his four-day visit to Nepal on November 1, where he highlighted the urgent need for global attention to the climate crisis in the Himalayas. Despite the war in the Middle East, he chose to visit Nepal, perhaps to draw attention to another catastrophe—the climate crisis—a month before UNFCCC COP28 is set to take place in Dubai. 

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