Could Nepal’s new maternity bill backfire on women?

Every few years, Nepal passes a law that sounds like a victory for women. Then a woman in a private office is told to be back at her desk within a month, and she does, not because the law says so but because she cannot afford to lose her job by refusing. The government has […] Every few years, Nepal passes a law that sounds like a victory for women.

Then a woman in a private office is told to be back at her desk within a month, and she does, not because the law says so but because she cannot afford to lose her job by refusing. The government has […] Every few years, Nepal passes a law that sounds like a victory for women. Then a woman in a private office is told to be back at her desk within a month, and she does, not because the law says so but because she cannot afford to lose her job by refusing.

The government has […] Every few years, Nepal passes a law that sounds like a victory for women. Then a woman in a private office is told to be back at her desk within a month, and she does, not because the law says so but because she cannot afford to lose her job by refusing.