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Shiwani Neupane is a journalist and novelist from Nepal who works at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University and is a co-founder of Story South Asia, a website dedicated to South Asian affairs. She has a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and bachelor's degree in English and political science from Ithaca College.

The Lure of Violent Extremism for Women: A Terrorism Specialist Explains

November 9, 2014 
by Shiwani Neupane
Liat Shetret
Liat Shetret is the director of the New York office for the Global Center on Cooperative Security, a nonprofit group that helps governments and other organizations develop responses to international security issues. Shetret’s work — currently in Africa — focuses on community engagement in terrorism prevention, countering violent extremism, the use of Internet for …

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Women’s Feature Service: Mapping the Struggles of Feminism in India

September 1, 2014 
by Shiwani Neupane
Pamela Philipose was editor of the Women’s Feature Service, the only syndicated news service in India with a gender perspective, for nearly six years, until she stepped down this year as editor in chief and director. She wore other hats for the publication as well, writing and photographing. The service began operating in India …

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Meet Sapana Malla, a Diligent Pioneer of Women’s Rights in Nepal

May 8, 2014 
by Shiwani Neupane
Sapana Malla of Nepal
As a lawyer, Sapana Pradhan Malla has pioneered women’s rights in Nepal, consistently advocating for equal inheritance, reproductive rights and women’s participation in politics. She has also been a politician herself, as a member Nepal’s Constituent Assembly, or parliament, from the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist Party, where she fought not only for equal rights …

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Girls’ Education Progresses in Afghanistan, but Will It Last?

March 30, 2014 
by Shiwani Neupane
New school in Helmand Province in Afghanistan
Since the United States-led coalition toppled the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, education for girls has become more accessible in some parts of the country, but many factors continue to stymie its progress. Panelists discussed girls’ education in Afghanistan during a recent event held for the Commission on the Status of Women’s 2014 session …

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Solving Bangladesh’s ‘Living Wages’ Problem Demands Global Support

March 18, 2014 
by Shiwani Neupane
Garment workers in Bangladesh
The dialogue on living wages has come a long way since the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,000 people in 2013, but there will be no solution to the living wage problem until all parties involved work together, a diverse group of panelists agreed at a panel on the topic, …

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