Abstract

Alongside other women of the world, Nepalese women have been fighting against gender violence and sexual harassment to create a violence-free society for decades. In 2017, the MeToo movement took a turn by becoming a transnational digital movement with 85+ countries adopting and localizing the movement. Despite hundreds of women participating in the movement, the documentation of the MeToo movement in Nepal has primarily been limited to a few newspapers and news articles. This research addresses a gap in scholarship in documenting the Nepali movement and focuses on the case study of the MeToo movement in Nepal to explore how the MeToo movement unfolded, who the primary agents were, what challenges the movement faced, and its connection with the transnational movement. The critical discourse analysis of 51 news articles published by national and international news agencies at two levels (1) textual analysis and (2) thematic analysis, shows that news articles produced hegemonic discourse, in which the Nepalese MeToo movement was declared a failure. Additionally, the analysis discloses that the primarily privileged group of women has been represented in this genre, and the marginalized women remained absent.

Advisor

Yalda Hamidi

Committee Member

Maria Bevacqua

Committee Member

Aaron Hoy

Date of Degree

2025

Language

english

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Arts (MA)

Program of Study

Gender and Women's Studies

Department

History and Gender Studies

College

Humanities and Social Sciences

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