‘Relationship education is crucial in ending violence against women in Nepal and South Asia’

Meera Khanna wants to introduce herself as a writer, but she is better known as a gender rights activist active against violence against women.

A native of India, Khanna is known across South Asia as a strong advocate of women’s rights and their empowerment. Recently, Khanna was in Kathmandu to attend the South Asian Conference on Violence against Women . On the sidelines, Onlinekhabar had a long conversation with her about the status of women’s rights, in particular violence against women, in Nepal and South Asia. Here are some excerpts of the conversation.