Ishita Shahi

@UN; @UW alum, previously with @UWAPress and @recordnepal

[Ishita Shahi @iishitashahi]

https://t.co/6KPmzhTAbV

[Ishita Shahi @iishitashahi]

"...we should be careful

Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time."

[Pramod Acharya @acharyapramod]

While the world is celebrating #QatarWorldCup, let me show you some faces of Nepali migrant workers/families who are ignored, humiliated, abused, and exploited.Follow the thread👇and retweet to make their voices heard!
(Video-A widow and a cancer victim collapsed during filming)

[University of Washington Press @UWAPress]

Women's studies scholars and readers: Our virtual booth for #NWSA2022 is open! We are pleased to offer @nwsa members a 30% discount on all orders placed through December 16, 2022. Enter promo code WNWSA22 at checkout. https://t.co/vgs7mDO5q2

[Ishita Shahi @iishitashahi]

@BojuBajai @SharmaShova @BidhyaWrites @DrishnaS @KarnaShilpa @BaraliShusma @bbhrikuti @Devkota_Sabina @sunitalohani9 @MarsaTay @shreejanas https://t.co/lYerp3KEub

[Ishita Shahi @iishitashahi]

@BojuBajai @SharmaShova @BidhyaWrites @DrishnaS @KarnaShilpa @BaraliShusma @bbhrikuti @Devkota_Sabina @sunitalohani9 @MarsaTay @shreejanas https://t.co/BOQfjAxQNY

[J B Biswokarma @JBBiswokarma]

"हामी भागेर जंगलमा बसिरहेका छौं"
कैलालीका भजनी नगरपालिका-४ भलझलियाका प्रकाश विश्वकर्मा र मालती रावल अन्तरजातीय विवाहका कारण भाग्दै जंगलमा बसिरहेको भिडियो सार्वजनिक भएको छ । उहाँहरुले जीवन रक्षाको लागि सहयोगको अपेक्षा गर्नुभएको छ । प्रकाशको आफन्तबाट प्राप्त भिडियो
@NepalPoliceHQ

[The Record @recordnepal]

The Record is searching for a Social Media Intern and a Reporting Intern to join our editorial team.

For more details about the internship, visit: https://t.co/LFbTtuR3Bi

[The Record @recordnepal]

“But religion, culture & tradition only partially explain the motives behind caste-based violence. ‘The crime is committed when its perpetrator is reasonably sure of several tiers of protection,’ writes Teltumbde.”

[The Record @recordnepal]

Rupa Sunar’s act of resistance not only sparked the predictable rage of Bahuns and Chhetris but also unmasked many Janajatis who see themselves as crusaders of justice for the marginalized.

Shradha Ghale writes

https://t.co/QDwWhLOzMR

[J B Biswokarma @JBBiswokarma]

#PMMustRespond

@kpsharmaoli

[The Record @recordnepal]

🔔Dear readers, we're back with our weekly update!
Here's a thread of stories that @recordnepal published this past week.

🔺@iishitashahi explores why entrepreneurs & banks remain skeptical about the subsidised loans of up to Rs 2.5m at 1% interest
https://t.co/Jql64RuywJ

[The Record @recordnepal]

No timeline has been made public yet for COVAX’s second shipment of vaccines nor the 4 million doses that Nepal is reportedly purchasing from China.

@iishitashahi reports

https://t.co/bX5bcGu0eL

[The Record @recordnepal]

Despite conservative attitudes forcing women indoors, Nepali women in the early 20th century often broke convention and took to the streets on their bicycles.

@theprashanta writes

https://t.co/SEMVWNIZjH

[The Record @recordnepal]

To boost economic growth, the government is providing low interest loans for young entrepreneurs, but given the experience of similar past loans, both entrepreneurs and banks remain skeptical.

@iishitashahi reports

https://t.co/Jql64RuywJ

[Ishita Shahi @iishitashahi]

@Piyumi_Fonseka @swethavimala18 indeed :)

[The Record @recordnepal]

In two separate incidents in recent times, frontline workers have been assaulted and beaten up by relatives of patients.

@iishitashahi reports

https://t.co/nmsC0XEUdy

[Khagendra Sangroula @belakoboli]

याे हाे "समृध्द नेपाल,सुखी नपाली!"

[Ishita Shahi @iishitashahi]

UN agencies like the WHO and UNICEF have called on countries like the US and UK to share their vaccines but little of substance has emerged so far.

There is currently no mechanism to compel wealthy countries to share their vaccines except for moral pressure. #VaccineEquity

[The Record @recordnepal]

China has announced it will be providing 1 million vaccine doses to Nepal, but without COVAX and support from other countries, it will not be enough to vaccinate all of Nepal.

@iishitashahi writes

https://t.co/wBOBbpbo3M

[The Record @recordnepal]

China has announced it will be providing 1 million vaccine doses to Nepal, but without COVAX and support from other countries, it will not be enough to vaccinate all of Nepal.

@iishitashahi writes

https://t.co/wBOBbpbo3M