ABSTRACT
Rani, a 19-year-old from a very remote village of Nepal returned from India after several years and was brought to the author by police officers who rudely asked her to tell the story to author. There was a huge difference in how they treated the two people. Looking at Rani's face, she understood her anger, pain, and apparent contempt for her, the police, and the larger healthcare and criminal justice systems. One demanding that all sexual violence during the political conflicts in the country be documented and that perpetrators be brought to justice. One also calling for reform of Nepal's rape laws and for a national action plan on peace and security that specifically addresses the problem of sexual violence in conflict. A global study on policymaking to end violence against women, Mala Htun and Laurel Weldon concluded that the single most important factor in achieving policy and legal change for women's rights is the existence of autonomous feminist movements.
