News stories by Tej Thapa

Jun 12 (IPS) - Tejshree Thapa is a senior Asia researcher at Human Rights WatchI am the daughter of a formidable campaigner for women's reproductive rights in Nepal. Decades ago, when such issues were not part of the playbook for development activists, my mother, a medical doctor, started setting up family planning programs after seeing women die in childbirth, shifting from hospital work into public health.