The hardest thing about this job is not being able to do anything for the

Chalidevi Regmi isn’t interested in having surgery to treat her prolapsed uterus. She has given

Birma Prayar’s dress is stained with grease and dirt. She is barefoot, and her hands—which

My interviews with Yam Kumari Budha and Dilsara Chand happened almost accidentally. After meeting a

I met Mansala BK in the post-op ward of the Kohalpur Medical College, outside of

We’ve been talking about this trip to Nepalgunj for weeks now. This would be my

“Your husband is supposed to be looked upon as God,” Bimala Ghimire says, explaining the

At first glance it seemed an unlikely location for a community information session. An hour

Working with the Uterine Prolapse Alliance (UPA) has been, in some respects, an exercise in

For twenty years Barabati suffered from uterine prolapse without telling even her husband about her

Chandmati Pasi is, if nothing else, candid. She answers inquiries about her life with a

In the style of most Nepali friendships, my friendships with Deepa and Nandu were almost

Just a month or two after giving birth to her first child at the age

Described as flat, dusty, crowded and hot in the Lonely Planet, the town of Butwal

After two days of grey and intermittent rain in the valley, today was bright and