2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/2025-nepalese-gen-z-protests

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the movement's expansion?Broadened to encompass systemic issues of governance, transparency, and political accountability
2. What is the interim prime minister appointment?Sushila Karki appointed interim prime minister on September 12, 2025
3. Why did kids in Nepal protest in 2025?They were upset when the government banned social media like YouTube, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and they also wanted to stop corruption and unfair wealth.
4. What happened when the government banned social media?The ban made many young people angry and they started protests to say they could not share information or talk freely.

Generation Z: The demographic cohort born approximately between the late 1990s and early 2010s, characterized by digital nativism and social awareness.
Anti-corruption Movement: A social or political movement aimed at combating dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, particularly within government.
Political Accountability: The obligation of political actors to explain and justify their decisions and actions to the public and relevant authorities.
Governance: The process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented) in a country or organization.