Tag: Chhaupadi
Nepal criminalizes Chhaupadi, isolation of menstruating women
According to the law, people forcing women to follow the Hindu practice of chhaupadi may face jail term.
Kathmandu, August 10, 2017: The parliament of Nepal has...
The gods will be angry
In the remote mountains of western Nepal, women still deliver babies in dirty, cold and stuffy cowsheds.
Seminars in Kathmandu debate gender, reproductive rights and...
Bajhang village ends Chhaupadi
Bajhang, November 24, 2016:Â Women from Gairagaun of Sainapasela VDC in Bajhang have joined hands against Chhaupadi, a tradition in which women in their menstruation...
