KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tooting horns and ringing chimes, hundreds of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transvestites paraded through Nepal’s capital Monday for a colorful celebration of Gaijatra, a Hindu ...

In many communities, it is justified as protection—of a girl’s honor, her family’s reputation, or her economic security. In ...

Teenager Asha Charti Karki told her parents she was going out to study, but instead she ran off to wed her boyfriend -- one of a growing number of Nepali teenagers who are marrying young by choice.

Kathmandu, July 30 -- The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has recommended the Nepal government to lower the current minimum age for marriage even as ...

Videos and photos purporting to show the privileged lifestyles of children of the elite have fueled anger among young people. By Pranav Baskar In the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s violent protests in ...

Uttarakhand government amends UCC to allow Nepali, Bhutanese, and Tibetan citizens to register marriages without Aadhaar card ...

According to the government, the decision was necessitated by the increasing number of inter-community marriages between ...