Kathmandu, Aug. 5 -- On Friday, July 25, at 10 pm, a group of 21 women went out for a walk in Patan. They didn't have any destination-they just wanted to walk.

The outing was organised by Women Walk at Midnight Kathmandu and it was the second of two all-women walks that the group has hosted so far-as a form of resistance against mobility restrictions that women face, particularly at night.

"The idea is very simple," co-leader Samikshya Bhattarai said. "We just want to walk, and we want to walk at night."

The group's leaders hope to counteract how women's social lives are often restricted to private spaces and also encourage women to claim access to the streets of their city at night.

"Public spaces in general are not meant for women,"...