UN Women Nepal

01/10/2026

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧.

When floods struck, journalists reported from the ground as communities faced rising waters and uncertainty. Beyond moments of crisis, their work shapes the stories and issues that matter to communities.

This was the focus of the National Media Workshop, which brought together Media Fellow Journalists under the EU-UN Joint Programme Empowered Women Prosperous Nepal (EWPN) and other media professionals to reflect on inclusive, gender-responsive reporting.

Understanding the importance of media & inclusive reporting, since its first cohort, the EWPN Media Fellowship has worked with around 25 journalists across Madhesh, Karnali, Sudurpaschim and Kathmandu, supporting 40+ stories on women's leadership, child marriage, trafficking, dowry and women's economic participation.

The recent floods underscored why this matters. Understanding a crisis means looking beyond the headlines to how women, girls, children, senior citizens and persons with disabilities experience and respond to it.

𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓-𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆.

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30/09/2026

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 📝

At the National Media Workshop under the EU-UN Joint Programme, Empowered Women Prosperous Nepal (EWPN), media fellow journalists heard from Sonia Awale, Editor at Nepali Times, UN Women's Media Compact Signatory, on how to report crisis and disaster and the role of journalists in communicating crisis with an emphasis on women and girls, and marginalized communities.

Drawing on her own reporting, from the 2015 earthquake to the recent Bhotekoshi floods, the session explored how to keep a survivor's own voice at the centre of the story, report with consent, privacy and dignity, and show agency alongside loss. Fellow journalists also looked at trauma-informed interviewing, who is often left out of disaster coverage, and how to choose photos and language that never sensationalise.

Because women-led, provincial stories deserve an angle an editor will take, and a telling that honours the people in them.

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28/09/2026

नेपालमा गएको महिना आएको बाढीले धेरै मानवीय क्षति गर्याे, घर, बस्ती, विद्यालय, पाटी, पौवाहरू बगायो, तर यति सबैमा महिलाहरूको आशा भने बगाउन सकेन।

बाढीको एक महिनापछि, महिलाहरू आफ्नै जीवन पुनर्निर्माण गर्दै समुदायको पुनर् लाभमा अग्रणी भूमिका निर्वाह गरिरहेका छन्।

UN Women को सहयोगमा सञ्चालित सामुदायिक भान्सामार्फत बाढीका कारण विस्थापित परिवारहरूका लागि खाना उपलब्ध गराउन पनि उनीहरू सक्रिय छन्।

🍲 केवल दुई सातामै यी सामुदायिक भान्साहरूबाट १५,००० भन्दा बढी पटक खाना उपलब्ध गराइएको छ। यसबाट १,१४५ जनाले दैनिक चार पटक खाना प्राप्त गरेका छन् भने बाढी प्रभावित महिलाहरूका लागि अस्थायी सशुल्क रोजगारीको अवसर समेत सिर्जना भएको छ।

🔗 थप जान्नुहोस्: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/feature-story/2026/09/one-month-after-the-nepal-floods

In disasters like the Bhotekoshi floods, women and girls face the greatest impacts, including increased risk of violence and exploitation. Women also take on much greater unpaid care responsibilities than men, are forced to travel even further to secure water, and fall quicker and more deeply into p...

26/09/2026

The floods swept away homes and communities, but they did not take away women's hope.

One month later, women are helping drive recovery in their communities, rebuilding their lives while feeding families displaced by the disaster through community kitchens supported by UN Women.

🍲 In just two weeks, the kitchens have served 15,000+ meals, reaching 1,145 people with four meals a day, and providing temporary paid work for women affected by the floods.

🔗 Learn more: http://unwo.men/B9rP50ZREvs

The floods swept away homes and communities, but they did not take away women's hope.

One month later, women are helping drive recovery in their communities, rebuilding their lives while feeding families displaced by the disaster through community kitchens supported by UN Women.

🍲 In just two weeks, the kitchens have served 15,000+ meals, reaching 1,145 people with four meals a day, and providing temporary paid work for women affected by the floods.

🔗 Learn more: http://unwo.men/B9rP50ZREvs

25/09/2026

𝐋𝐚𝐱𝐦𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞.

Every day, she shows up at the community kitchen to help cook warm, nutritious meals for neighbors who, like her, are rebuilding from loss. In the kitchen, she's found more than purpose, it's become a space to heal, to care for herself, and to recover alongside her family.

Even with so little left, Laxmi chooses to give. And with whatever she earns from her work at the kitchen, she's carefully saving, for whatever comes next.

Read more about the community kitchen here: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2026/09/one-month-after-the-nepal-floods-women-are-running-community-kitchens-feeding-their-communities-and-rebuilding-their-lives

24/09/2026

“𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.”

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the UN has achieved gender parity for the first time in its history by removing barriers, challenging assumptions and refusing to accept the status quo.

But beyond the UN, progress remains uneven. “Women and girls continue to face discrimination, violence, exclusion and abuse,” he stresses, adding:

“Their rights are being rolled back.
Their voices silenced.
Their bodies turned into battlegrounds.
And their freedoms treated as bargaining chips.”

“This is an outrage – and a profound waste for humanity.”



Original Post by: United Nations

23/09/2026

𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.

That's what women need.

As world leaders gather at the 81st session of the @‌UN General Assembly, UN Women is calling for women’s equal access to power across every debate at UNGA81.

Across the world, poverty, conflict, climate shocks, and the backlash against gender equality are eroding hard-won progress. But there are reasons for hope: more girls are completing school; more women are serving in public office; and more countries have laws addressing violence – online and offline.

There are just four years left to achieve the SDGs. At UNGA81, decision makers must choose to invest in women’s leadership and defend and advance the rights of women and girls. That is how we build safer societies, stronger economies, and a fairer future for everyone.

It's time we make equal power a reality .

22/09/2026

Reshma is serving as the head chef of the community kitchen in Bidur-1, Nuwakot, overseeing meal preparation and supporting the women working alongside her.

Reshma's home and her catering business were all swept away by the flood. But almost every day since, she has shown up to cook, this time, for others.

For Reshma and women like her, recovery isn't only about rebuilding a home or replacing what was lost. It's about rebuilding livelihoods, restoring income, and finding ways to care for their families and communities, even while carrying their own losses.

UN Women via Community kitchens is providing more than a meal. We are helping affected families access safe and nutritious food, ease increased care responsibilities, and creating spaces where people, particularly women and girls, can connect with information, support and protection services.

21/09/2026

𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟎 𝐢𝐬 4️⃣ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.

Are we on track to close the leadership gap by then?

@‌unwomen and @‌joinundesa's Gender Snapshot 2026 reveals where the world stands on across all the .

🔗 Learn more: https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2026/09/progress-on-the-sustainable-development-goals-the-gender-snapshot-2026

18/09/2026

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲.

Across the formal and informal economy, women contribute to rebuilding homes and infrastructure, restoring livelihoods, providing food and care, supporting local markets, and helping communities recover. Yet their work, particularly informal and often less visible work, continues to be undervalued and underpaid.

As per the 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕/𝟏𝟖, women in construction earn, on average, 𝟏𝟔% 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧 for performing similar tasks.

This means, the pay gap might increase during the recovery reconstruction. As Nepal rebuilds after the recent flash floods, reconstruction must recognize the skills, contributions and value of women’s work.
We advocate that women must have equal access to reconstruction and livelihood opportunities, safe and decent working conditions, social protection, and equal pay for work of equal value.

On this International Equal Pay Day, we stand with women workers everywhere calling for equal pay for work of equal value.

Read More: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/statement/2026/09/un-women-statement-for-international-equal-pay-day-2026
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