2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Accord that ended the Maoist conflict, and 30 years since the rebels launched their armed struggle. Yet, two decades after it ended, there is ...

At 18 years old, Priya* was barely earning enough to eat, lugging bricks in a construction site for a wage in a Nepalese town, Butwal. That was until a woman approached her at a job site and promised ...