KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The 2023 Human Rights Violation Index shows no decrease in incidents of violence against women, be it in the form of domestic violence or rape cases. The unabated abuse of women accused of being a witch has been covered in the Human Rights Year Book published by INSEC.

SURKHET, Dec 11: Non-gazetted first class Officer Nabraj Sharma Rijal, working in the Ministry of Social Development of Karnali Province, allegedly assaulted his wife Nirmala Kumari Acharya, who is also the head of women and children branch of Bhairabi Rural Municipality of Dailekh on Saturday morning and injured her. The incident sheds light on the prevalent issue of domestic violence against women in Nepal. What would it be like in an uneducated society where women are in such a situation in a home where both husband and wife are educated?

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Of all the gender-based violence recorded in the country, 80 percent cases are found to be domestic violence. According to the Nepal Police data, 53 percent of the cases of domestic violence  are physical violence and 47 percent cases are related to mental violence.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: “My husband used to beat me often under the influence of my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. I suffered severe injuries to my stomach and I often used to bleed while urinating,” Neha Chaudhary recounts her ordeal.

JUMLA, Dec 6: Incidents of violence against women are increasing in Jumla. According to the data of the District Police Office, Jumla, the incidents of violence against women in Jumla have increased rapidly in the past three years.

The story of Neha Chaudhary who was married just about eight months ago and has accused her husband, Grande Hospital doctor Pankaj Chaudhary, of abusing her, seems to be an apparent case of dowry-related violence. Neha has filed a report with the Mahottari district police who say they are waiting for the customary one-month period, expecting the chance of reconciliation between the couple, to end.

CHITWAN, May 31: Gita Majhi of Khairhani Municipality-10 has died after being severely tortured by her husband. According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, Majhi died last night while undergoing treatment at Bharatpur Hospital.

KATHMANDU, March 16: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has said that it is upsetting that women and girls face various forms of violence even in the 21st Century.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Uma Regmi has said the government is committed to ending all forms of violence and discriminations against women.

Actor Karan Mehra was arrested on Monday, and then granted bail on Tuesday after wife, actress Nisha Rawal filed a complaint that he hit her after an argument turned into a brawl. Nisha, in a recent interview accused Karan of having an extra-marital affair and abusing her for years

SURKHET, Mar 9: A woman of Aathbis Municipality committed suicide jumping into Karnali River along with her four children. The woman is learnt to be a victim of domestic violence.

BUTWAL, Dec 4: Eight hundred and twenty three incidents of domestic violence have taken place in Lumbini Province in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

How normal is violence against women? One in every three women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.

Despite brutal physical assaults from husband and family members, domestic violence survivors are compelled to reach a compromise with perpetrators due to poor economic status and family and social compulsions.

GAUSHALA: Taking over a domestic dispute, a woman has allegedly killed her two-year-old son before trying to attempt suicide.

ROLPA, March 8: Police in Rolpa have stated that the cases of domestic violence against women are rife, and ample of such cases are related to caste-based issues. Child marriage in the district is common and the marriages are rather 'love marriage' these days where caste and class become a secondary matter for girls and boys initially.

A day after sharing the first look poster of the film, makers of 'Thappad' on Friday dropped its power-packed trailer which deals with the social issue of domestic violence.

ROLPA, Jan 15: Four 9th graders and five 10th graders of Saraswati Secondary School of Lungri Rural Municipality – 1 quit school last year as they got married. According to the school principal Umesh Pun, the school has a high dropout rate and early marriage is one of the main reasons.

DHADING, Aug 21: In an attempt to kill his wife Bimala Darai Lamsal, 25, and two-year-old son Jenish Lamsal, 28-year-old Ganesh Lamsal of Dharapani, Siddhalekh Rural Municipality-1, Dhading set them ablaze on Monday.

When I was in high school and college whenever I read or heard stories of abuse and domestic violence I used to blame the woman for having stayed in such a relationship and for allowing things to escalate to such a point. I believed no one could lay a finger on you unless you give that person the power to do so. I was young. And I was naïve.

The police complaint of actor Shilpa Pokhrel against her husband and producer Chhabi Raj Ojha has settled down. The actor filed a case at the District Administration Office on facing violence from her husband.

Nepali actor Shilpa Pokhrel has filed a complaint against her husband and producer Chhabi Raj Ojha under domestic violence.

CHITWAN, July 6: Chitwan has recorded 53 incidents of human rights violation in the past six months alone, a slightly increase as compared to the same period last year, according to a half yearly report made public by the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) amid a programme here on Friday.

SIRAHA, April 27: Twenty-year-old Kanchan Mandal (Khatbe) of Kalyanpur municipality-8 Aurang breathed her last while undergoing treatment for burns at Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital, Sankhu on Friday evening. Before she died she said that she had been burnt alive by her husband and mother-in-law.

The cost of domestic violence adds up to an astonishing 5.2 percent of global GDP each year