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Trans Rights on Trial: Nepal’s Citizenship Struggles for the Marginalised

“A person who obtains the citizenship of Nepal by descent per this Constitution may obtain a certificate of citizenship of Nepal with gender identity by the name of their mother or father,” states the citizenship with identity of descent and gender under section 12 of Nepal’s Constitution.  However, Rukshana Kapali, a transgender activist, points out […]

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Who decides our Nepaliness?

By Yangkey Sherpa If you were asked what makes someone Nepali, how would you answer? Is someone Nepali only when both their parents are Nepali, irrespective of where they were born and raised, whether or not they speak Nepali or any languages spoken within Nepal? Is someone whose father is Nepali but their mother is

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State Affairs Committee passes bill to amend Citizenship Act with seven year wait period

The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee has passed the Constitution (amendment) Bill proposing to grant naturalised citizenship to foreign women married to Nepali men only after seven years. The bill was opposed by the Nepali Congress and the Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) but the parliamentary panel endorsed the bill on the basis of majority

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