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Abolition of chhausheds forces women to stay in caves or in the open BAJHANG, DECEMBER 11 With the demolition of ‘chhausheds’ in Bajhang, menstruating women have been forced to stay in caves or under the open sky. A chhaugoth is a makeshift or bamboo shed where menstruating women and new mothers are forced to... Travel 12 Dec, 2020
Sanitary pad machines being installed Birgunj, February 17 Birgunj Metropolitan City has started installing sanitary pad machines at community schools of the city in Parsa. “As girls tend to leave their studies in the middle due to monthly-cycle-related inconveniences, we have come... Travel 18 Feb, 2020
No respite for women as 'chhaupadi' continues in tents BAJURA: Women in Bajura district continue to suffer as the campaign to destroy menstrual huts -- which should have taken them back to their homes during menstruation -- has in fact made them find shelters inside tents and other odd places, further... Travel 20 Jan, 2020
Banished from home, Achham woman dies in menstrual hut ACHHAM: A 21-year-old woman was found dead in a menstrual hut after being banished from home during her monthly cycle in Siddeshwar of Sanfebagar Municipality-3 in Achham district, on Monday. "The deceased has been identified as Parwati Budha Rawat,... Travel 02 Dec, 2019
Chhaupadi affects teaching-learning Bajura, June 12 Teaching-learning activities often get affected at Janaprakash Basic Level School in Badimalika Rural Municipality, Bajura, due to absenteeism of female teachers during their monthly cycle. Female teachers here have not been... Travel 13 Jun, 2019
Women ostracised for activism against Chhau Accham, May 30 A local woman Mansara Saud of Ramarosan Rural Municipality in Accham was ostracised after she took up the fight against the practice of chhaupadi. With no one supporting her campaign, Mansara was isolated. She had launched the... Travel 31 May, 2019
Sanitary pads bring down girl students� absenteeism Lamjung, May 23 Girl students at Gangamilan Secondary School in Marsyandi Rural Municipality have been attending the school on a regular basis after it started providing them with sanitary pads. The school managed the pads for girl students... Travel 24 May, 2019
Locals pull down chhau shed in Bajura Bajura, January 11 Following the latest chhaupadi-related deaths in which a menstruating mother, along with her sons, died of asphyxiation in Bajura’s Budhinanda Municipality, the locals today pulled down the chhau shed in which they... Travel 12 Jan, 2019
Eight underage girls raped in two months Nepalgunj, September 17 On August 31, news flashed about a man in his late seventies sexually abusing his grandchild for the past three years in Banke’s Kohalpur. Soon after the news broke, Area Police Office, Kohalpur, rushed to detain the... Travel 18 Sep, 2018
After decades of silence, nuns talk about abuse by priests VATICAN CITY: The nun no longer goes to confession regularly, after an Italian priest forced himself on her while she was at her most vulnerable: recounting her sins to him in a university classroom nearly 20 years ago. At the time, the sister... Women 28 Jul, 2018
Menstruating women, girls fear �invisible� power Jajarkot, April 22 Gita Khadka of Luhadaha of Junichande in Jajarkot spends her first seven days in a shed far from home during her monthly periods. She does not find it comfortable to live in isolation but cannot dare to violate the... Travel 23 Apr, 2018
