Flash Panel: "Nepal's Gen Z Uprising: Understanding the Foundations and Fallout"

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Location: Zoom webinar

2025 Nepalese Gen Z protesters infront of Bharatpur mahanagarpalika office
Protests against corruption in Nepal, September 2025. By हिमाल सुवेदी - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets of Kathmandu on Monday, September 8, to protest the Nepalese government's block of social media and corruption. With the "Gen Z revolt" now erupting into violence and the resignation of the prime minister, many questions remain for the citizens and leadership of Nepal. This flash panel of experts and eyewitnesses will examine the causes of the dissent, the potential response, and how the protests may affect the future of Nepal.

This webinar is free and open to all. Registration required.

Panelists

Ranju Darshana
General Secretary of Bibeksheel Sajha Party

Madhav Joshi
Research Professor; Associate Director of the Peace Accords Matrix, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Salina Kafle ('25 Human Rights LL.M.)
Executive Director, Human Rights and Justice Centre

Lila Kumar Khatiwada
Senior Research Scientist, Pulte Institute for Global Development

Moderated by Susan Ostermann
Associate Professor of Global Affairs, Keough School of Global Affairs

Sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies's South Asia Group, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and the Pulte Institute for Global Development, all within the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.

Originally published at asia.nd.edu.