Pandemic pushing more families into poverty as unemployment soars

People have been deprived of their basic right to health, education and livelihood, rights activists say.

Sabita Ghimire, 29, originally from Musikot Municipality in Gulmi, used to make a living as a daily wage worker in the Kupandole area of Lalitpur. A mother of two children, she was working as a part timer at a fast-food restaurant in the mornings and washed dishes at a house in the afternoons.