Tag: #chhaupadi
Articles tagged with #chhaupadi
Menstrual banishment moves to the Tarai
As families migrate from mountains to the plains, so does the outlawed practice of chhaupadi
Banning banishment is not enough
Menstrual discrimination has been harder to demolish than chhau sheds
Shamed for bleeding
Nepali women still have to deal with period shame
Communicating to remove menstrual taboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfdhBKEtsEGrowing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took…
Nepal’s superwomen beat superstition
DEFYING TRADITION: This cow shed in Kailali used for menstural banishment. It has now been turned into a store room for rice husk.Media reports…
That time of the month
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a…