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Share your opinions and lived experiences in digital spaces. Our collective struggles and victories create powerful knowledge.
Our blogs invite those pushed to the margins to center themselves in a digital world—start writing today! ✏️
Body & Data is calling for Blogs! We believe that the lived realities of marginalized communities form crucial knowledge. Through our blogs, the lived struggles and wisdom of people at the margins displace abstract and institutional knowledge created by “experts”. We are looking for:Personal stories and reflections on using digital platformsExperiences of navigating identity, sexuality, and the body onlineMemorable (fun or difficult) moments on digital spaceEncounters with or observations of online violenceStories of finding community, confidence, or freedom online (e.g., through anonymous accounts)Narratives about parents or older adults learning technologyConnections made through online friendships or support groupsReflections on digital rights issues such as free speech, privacy, consent, or online censorship in Nepal More DetailsWho can Contribute?Individuals, especially women, queer people, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized communities can submit their blogs or ideas in either Nepali or English language.What can we offer?An amount of NPR 5,000 for a written piece within 700-1000 words.Where to submit?Email us your ideas or full blog on how you are navigating digital spaces at blogs@bodyanddata.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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✨On the International Day of Person with Disabilities, we would like to share a snippet from our research "Beyond Access" where one of the participants shares their experience as a home based disability activist.
There is an illustration of a person with disability on a wheelchair who is looking into the mirror. A face emerges from a bottle. This symbolizes the multi-faceted identity of women with disability. There is a quote from Body & Data's research Beyond Access, "I am disabled and my family and friends don't allow me to go out of my house as they want to keep me 'safe' from outside or they don't want me to work. I can't imagine my life without the internet. My life will be dull."
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Reflecting on our progress, aligning goals, and planning for the next quarter with care. Grateful for collective insights and shared commitment to digital rights. Excited to turn these plans into meaningful action✨
Photo 1 (discussion group): A group of team members engaged in discussion during a meeting, reflecting on the past six months. Photo 2 (discussion group): Team members collaborating and planning strategies for the next three months. "A collection of photos showing the team taking a short break, smiling, and enjoying moments together, capturing a little pause, renewed energy, and happy hearts."
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Call for Proposals: From Movement to Election - Pathways to Digital Justice
📅 Application Deadline: December 3, 2025
Apply now!
📄 Form Link: files.bodyanddata.org/nextcloud/in...
📝 Concept Note: drive.google.com/file/d/1TqEa...
Call for Proposals, From Movement to Election: Pathways to Digital Justice by Body & Data
November 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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📣On the month of October 2025 we reviewed news focusing on Nepal’s digital landscape. The news was centered around elections, identity politics, misinformation, and cyber risks collided.
Media Monitoring report: October 2025 An Assessment of Digital Rights Issues in Nepal
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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📣अक्टोबर २०२५ मा हामीले निर्वाचन, पहिचान, राजनीति, भ्रामक सूचना र साइबर जोखिमसँग सम्बन्धित नेपालका डिजिटल समाचारहरूको समीक्षा गर्‍यौँ।
📡यस संस्करणमा समेटिएका विषयहरू:
📃निर्वाचन र डिजिटल पूर्वाधार
📃राज्यको आदिवासी पहिचानप्रतिको राज्यको दृष्टिकोण र भ्रामक सूचना
Media Monitoring report: October 2025 An Assessment of Digital Rights Issues in Nepal नेपालले आगामी फागुन २१ गते प्रतिनिधि सभा निर्वाचनको मिति तय गरेको छ जसमा प्रधानमन्त्री सुशीला कार्कीले मतदानको अधिकारको महत्व माथि प्रकाश पार्दै सबैलाई समयमै मतदाता नामावलीमा नाम दर्ता गर्न आग्रह गर्नु भएको छ । देशले पहिलोपटक २०६४ सालको संविधानसभा निर्वाचनमा काठमाडौंमा इलेक्ट्रोनिक भोटिङ मेसिनको प्रयोग गर्ने प्रयास गरेता पनि यो प्रणाली देशभर लागू हुन सकेको थिएन। यसपालि पनि निर्वाचन आयोगले परम्परागत मतपेटिकाको नै प्रयोग गर्ने निर्णय गरेको छ। परम्परागत प्रणालीबाट मतदान गर्दा हातैले मत गणना गर्नुपर्ने हुँदा परिणाम सार्वजनिक हुन ढिलाइ हुने गर्दछ। नेपालको वर्तमान राजनीतिक अस्थिरताको अवस्थामा, मत गणनामा हुने ढिलाइले लामो समयसम्म अनिश्चितता कायम राख्दै राजनीतिक तनाव बढाउन सक्छ। यसैबीच, डिजिटल मतदाता दर्ता प्रणालीलाई भने उल्लेखनीय प्रगति मानिएको छ। निर्वाचन आयोगको वेबसाइट र नागरिक एपमार्फत नागरिकहरूले अब कात्तिक ३० गते सम्म अनलाइन मार्फत आफ्नो मतदाता विवरण पूर्व दर्ता, प्रमाणीकरण, र अद्यावधिक गर्न सक्ने भएका छन्। यसले नागरिक सहभागिता सहज र सुलभ बनाएको छ । तर मतगणनामा कायमै रहेको कागजी मतपत्रमै निर्भर रहने प्रवृत्तिले भने निर्वाचनमा हुनुपर्ने प्रगतिमा सीमितता रहेको देखाउँछ। नेपालमा प्रशासनिक क्षेत्रमा भएको डिजिटल विकासमा केही प्रगति भए पनि, डेटा सुरक्षा र गोपनीयता प्रति भने सम्बन्धित निकायले ध्यान दिन सकेको छैन । यसले गर्दा देशव्यापी विद्युतिय मतदान प्रणालीको कार्यान्वयन हुन अझै लामो समय लाग्ने देखिन्छ जसका लागि थुप्रै पूर्वयोजना र तयारीको आवश्यकता छ । राज्यको आदिवासी पहिचानप्रतिको दृष्टिकोण र भ्रामक सूचना प्रधानमन्त्री सुशीला कार्कीको मन्त्रिपरिषद्मा मन्त्रीको उम्मेदवार भनिएकी तासी ल्हाजोमले उनको नागरिकता र फ्री टिबेट अभियानसँग जोडिएको आरोपका कारण व्यापक विरोधको सामना गर्नुपर्‍यो। यसबिच, स्थानीय नेताहरूले उनको पक्षमा बचाउ गरे र ल्हाजोमले पनि स्पष्टीकरण दिँदै यो विवाद लिमी उपत्यकाको एक सीमान्तकृत महिलाप्रति राखिएको पूर्वाग्रहबाट उत्पन्न भएको बताइन्। उनले मन्त्री पदका लागि कुनै दावी नभएको उल्लेख गर्दै जेन जेड आन्दोलन भित्रकै आन्तरिक विभाजनलाई पनि औंल्याइन्। ल्हाजोमले सामना गर्नुपरेका प्रश्नहरूले आदिवासी र सीमान्तकृत समुदायलाई सार्वजनिक वा राजनीतिक जीवनमा पूर्ण रूपमा स्वीकृति पाउनु अघि बारम्बार आफू नेपाली नागरिक भएको प्रमाणित गर्न बाध्य पारिने प्रवृत्तिलाई देखाउँछ । यसरी जनसाङ्ख्यिक र राजनीतिक प्रतिनिधित्वमा रहेको असमानताले सम्पूर्ण समुदायका लागि अन्यायपूर्ण अवस्था सिर्जना गर्न सक्छ। यससँगै, भ्रामक सूचना र गलत व्याख्याले अनलाइन वातावरणलाई थप अस्थिर बनाएको छ । एउटा भाइरल फोटोमा टिओबी लेखिएको टिसर्ट लगाएका र हातमा बन्दुक समातेका एक पुरुषलाई टिबेटियन ओरिजिनल ब्लड समूहसँग जोड्दै विरोध प्रदर्शनको हिंसासँग सम्बन्धित गरिएको थियो। तर, पछि तथ्यजाँच गर्दा उक्त व्यक्ति र्‍यापर तेन्जिङ दावा भएको र त्यो दृश्य दुई वर्षअघिको म्युजिक भिडियोको भाग मात्र भएको पुष्टि भयो । उक्त घटनामा प्रयोग गरिएको बन्दुक पनि नक्कली थियो। र्‍यापर सुरेन्द्र गुरुङले टिओबी को अर्थ द ओरिजिनल ब्रदर्स भएको र त्यो एक नेपाली मोटरसाइकल समूह भएको स्पष्ट पारे। प्रहरीले समेत कुनै सुरक्षा खतरा नभएको पुष्टि गर्‍यो। यो घटनाले गलत सूचना र प्रतीकात्मक भ्रमले सामाजिक तनावलाई कति सहजै भड्काउन सक्छ भन्ने देखाउँछ । तर, यसमा पनि जब आदिवासी अनुहारहरूको संलग्नता देखिन्छ, त्यसले तनावलाई अझ चर्को रूप दिन्छ ।
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Body & Data organised a workshop entitled "Algorithms & AI: Feminist Learning Lab" from November 7-9, 2025, to further feminist perspectives and feminist use of artificial intelligence. We are very grateful for the unmatched enthusiasm, time, and effort of our participants!
A group photo of the event taken during the group discussion, with a text that says ‘Body & Data AI Feminist Learning Lab, Nov 7–9, 2025.’ A combined photo showing participants engaged in group activities within different groups. It also includes a short video of them doing an activity. A combined photo showing participants engaged in another group activities within different groups. A combined group photo which includes both participants & Organizers.
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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📣 सेप्टेम्बर २०२५ मा नेपालको डिजिटल लोकतन्त्र सेन्सरशिप, गलत सूचना, र साइबर अपराधजस्ता विषयहरू परिक्षणमा परेको थियो। हाम्रो मासिक मिडिया मोनिटरिङमा, बढ्दो सामाजिक र राजनीतिक तनावको सन्दर्भमा डिजिटल अधिकार, सुरक्षा र सुशासनबीचको द्वन्द्व बढ्दै गएको देखियो।
मिडिया मोनिटरिङ, सेप्टेम्बर, २०२५ नेपालमा डिजिटल अधिकारका मुद्दाहरुको मूल्यांकन
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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📣In September 2025, Nepal's digital democracy was tested by issues of censorship, misinformation, and cybercrime. In our monthly media monitoring, we saw rise in friction among digital rights, security, and governance in the context of escalating social and political tensions.
Media Monitoring report: September 2025 An Assessment of Digital Rights Issues in Nepal
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🤖How can we engage with Artificial Intelligence through a feminist lens? How do algorithms shape our digital realities- and how can we reclaim agency within them?

Link: files.bodyanddata.org/nextcloud/in...
A purple and black graphic for the 'Algorithms & AI Feminist Learning Lab.' The image features a stylized hand holding a glowing, geometric blue and purple lotus flower. The text provides the application deadline of October 30, 2025, and workshop dates of November 7-9, 2025.
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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🔔Body & Data has conducted a media monitoring and analysis of the initial coverage of the September 2025 Nepal 'Gen-Z Protest,' a significant youth-led movement against corruption and nepotism.
A close-up photograph of protest signs held up during a demonstration in Nepal. The signs, mounted on sticks, feature both English and Nepali text. The top sign in English reads: "WE PAY YOU FLEX" with the words in different colors. Below it is a sign in Nepali (जनताको पसिना नेताले व्यापार) which translates to "The public's sweat, the leaders' business." The bottom sign in English reads "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" with the words stacked and in red and blue letters. The background is a blurred street scene with buildings and other protestors partially visible. A blue gradient overlay covers the bottom half of the image, where the text "MEDIA MONITORING REPORT: GENZ PROTEST IN NEPAL" is written in large white, bold, sans-serif font, with the logo for "Body & Data" in the bottom right corner.
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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⚠️Nepal's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has banned 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Discord, for failing to register under the country's Directives for Managing the Use of Social Networks, 2023.
September 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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⚠️ Ministry of Information, Communication, and Technology of Nepal directed ban on all online platforms that failed to register under Directives for Managing the Use of Social Networks, which came into effect today, on September 5, 2025.
In the image, we can see a photo of the cover page of Social Network Bill, 2081 policy brief. The title reads, "Policy Brief on Social Network Bill, 2081". There is a extract from Body & Data's Survey on Social Network Bill (2025) which reads, "“The initiation of the bill is plausible... but it's not prepared with critical thought. The lack of clarity allows the government to penalise anyone, which is dangerous.”"
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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🚀 Our new report, "Nepal's Biometric Present: Governance, Accessibility, and Accountability" is out!

🤖Nepal’s National ID (NID) project, introduced in 2018, promised to create a unified digital identity for all citizens through biometric enrollment.
An illustration of the cover of the report titled "Nepal's Biometric Present: Governance, Accessibility & Accountability." The top half of the image shows a woman's face, partially obscured by a pattern of lines and a stylized icon of a microchip. The bottom half shows a crowd of people looking up.
September 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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📣We are excited to share that Dovan Rai from the Body & Data team recently appeared on the Sushant Pradhan Podcast 🎙️ to discuss the future of AI in Nepal. She explores Nepal's ongoing digital revolution 💻, the socio-technological evolution of AI, AI ethics and machine learning bias.
A woman and a man sit in front of microphones with a graphic of an AI robot between them. The woman on the left is smiling. The man on the right has a neutral expression. In the background is a brick wall. The text "CAN NEPAL SURVIVE AI?" is in large yellow letters across the center of the image. The name "DOVAN RAI" is at the top of the image with a small profile picture.
August 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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🌐The Social Network Bill, 2081 has been open to suggestions- take charge and protect your digital and social futures!
An illustration of an envelope in the middle with an exclamation mark on the side of it. The text in the middle reads, "The Social Network Bill is accepting Suggestions!"
August 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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📣 जुलाई २०२५ मा नेपालको डिजिटल परिदृश्य गम्भीर निगरानीमा रह्यो, किनभने गोपनीयता उल्लङ्घन, अनलाइन सेन्सरशिप, प्रविधि-मार्फत हुने उत्पीडन, डिजिटल ठगी, र भ्रामक सूचना जस्ता चुनौतीहरूले सतही रूपमा मात्र नभई तत्कालिक समस्या उठाए। यस महिनाको मिडिया अनुगमनले देखाउँछ कि प्रविधिले समुदायलाई सशक्त पनि बनाउँछ र उजागर पनि गर्छ, जसले कानूनी सुरक्षा, डिजिटल आचारसंहिता, र जवाफदेहितामा रहेका खाडलहरू प्रस्ट्याउँछ।
मिडिया अनुगमन रिक्याप जुलाई२०२५ नेपालमा डिजिटल अधिकारका मुद्दाहरुको मूल्यांकन
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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📣July 2025 saw Nepal’s digital landscape under intense scrutiny, as privacy breaches, online censorship, technology-facilitated harassment, digital scams, and misinformation brought urgent challenges to the forefront.
Media Monitoring Report: July 2025 An Assessment of Digital Rights Issues in Nepal
August 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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⚖️What are the potential risks of the Social Network Bill, 2025? 😨 As one respondent in our survey noted, the bill's lack of clarity "allows the government to penalise anyone, which is dangerous."
A pink poster with a large quote in white text at the top: "The initiation of the bill is plausible... but it's not prepared with critical thought. The lack of clarity allows the government to penalise anyone, which is dangerous." Below the quote, in smaller text, it reads: " Respondent, Body & Data's Survey on Social Network Bill (2025)". In the bottom half of the image, a person with blue hair and a blue shirt is looking down at a phone, which is glowing. The person is surrounded by a chaotic assortment of colorful, hand-drawn icons that seem to be flowing out from the phone and around the person. The icons include red hearts, thumbs up and thumbs down gestures, lips, stars, eyeballs, scissors, a hammer, a frustrated red face, and an eggplant. The style is cartoonish and vibrant.
August 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Firefly, in her blog, shares the painful realization that what she faced wasn’t just bullying but digital violence and mental torment.
Her story calls on us to recognize how deeply online harm can affect lives.

Read the full article: bodyanddata.org/not-just-a-r...
A picture titled "Not Just a Rumor: Living Through Digital Violence", set against a purple and pink background. At the center is a silhouette of a girl with dark, code-like textures, surrounded by broken heart icons, angry emoji faces, and fragmented shapes, symbolizing emotional distress and online harassment. The text of the image reads; "Not Just a Rumor: Living Through Digital Violence That is the first time I experienced the feeling of being bullied, and being left out. And now I realize what I faced was not just bully, but also digital violence and mental torture. By Firefly Read the full article on our website www.bodyanddata.org
August 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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✨Join us as in our gangan advocacy to transform the Social Network Bill!

🔗Nepali Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🔗English Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Text here reads, Have you applied yet? Express your ideas, opinions, feelings, and experiences connected with the Social Network Bill through: Performances Performances Creative Writings Discussions Display-based presentations Research-based presentations Artwork Other formats (You tell us!)
August 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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On July 17 and 18, Body & Data organized a Bill-a-thon on the Social Network Bill 2081. This two-day event brought together diverse stakeholders with the intention of enhancing public participation in this critical policy-making process.
August 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Meet the Writer, Firefly
Through her blog, Firefly opens up about navigating online abuse and reclaiming digital spaces. Her voice sheds light on the need for an internet that is inclusive, safe, and empowering especially for women often targeted online.

🔗 Read more: bodyanddata.org/not-just-a-r...
The image in the post shows a soft-focused selfie of a woman with short hair holding a phone in front of her face, partially obscuring her features. She is wearing a sleeveless top and gold earring, standing against a split pink and purple background. The text of the image reads; "MEET THE WRITER Firefly Firefly is a gentle soul learning to love herself a little more each day. In the blog, Firefly shares her personal experience of online abuse illustrating how digital spaces can be weaponized against women, reinforcing gender-based discrimination and silencing their voices. Her story sheds light on the importance of building an internet that is safe, inclusive and empowering for all: especially for women who are often silenced or targeted online."
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Advocate for changes to the Social Network Bill through any medium– research, art (spoken word, poetry, installations, performance art, etc.), and more! Share your voices and help us reimagine digital governance in Nepal.
A vibrant and illustrative poster announces "DIGITAL GANGAN 2025" with a call for expressions of interest. The top left features the "Body & Data" logo, two overlapping stylized heads in red and black. Dominating the left side is a large, purple megaphone held by a light-skinned hand, its fingers wrapped around the speaker. Below the hand, two stylized figures, a man and a woman, are depicted in a boat made of a folded blue paper. Both are holding smaller, yellow megaphones to their mouths, seemingly amplifying their voices. Another tiny paper boat follows behind them. The boat is in rippling water, indicated by light blue lines. On the right side of the poster, the words "DIGITAL GANGAN" are prominently displayed in a bold, yellow font against a bright purple background. Below this, "2025" is written in black script. Further down, the text "our gangan (advocacy) to transform the Social Network Bill, 2081" is in a smaller, reddish-brown font. A bold, purple rectangular button states "CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST." At the very bottom right, the "Deadline: August 15, 2025" is in a smaller, black font. The overall color scheme is bright and attention-grabbing, with yellows, purples, blues, and reds.
July 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक, २०८१" को रुपान्तरण गर्नका लागि अनुसन्धान, अध्ययन, कला, कविता आदि इत्यादि जस्ता विभिन्न माध्यममार्फत सहभागी हुनुहोस् । यस कार्यक्रमको लक्ष्य निगरानीमा आधारित, अत्यधिक अपराधीकरण गर्ने र दमनकारी डिजिटल शासन भन्दा फरक समानता तथा आम जनता र विषेश गरी सिमान्तकृत समुदायहरुको ज्ञान र अनुभवमा आधारित कानुनको लागि पैरवी गर्नु हो।
A vibrant, cartoonish illustration features a large purple megaphone held by a hand at the center. To the left, a person in blue stands on a paper boat, holding a smaller megaphone. To the right, another person in pink also stands on a paper boat, holding a megaphone. Both paper boats are in water. In the upper left corner is the "Body & Data" logo. डिजिटल गन्गन २०८२ "सामाजिक सञ्जाल विधेयक, २०८१ को रूपान्तरण गर्न हाम्रो गन्गन (अभियान)" रुचिको प्रस्ताव लागि आह्वान "अन्तिम मिति: साउन ३०, २०८२"
July 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM