KATHMANDU, Dec 10 — Teenage girls are still being forced to sleep outside during their periods in parts of Nepal despite a string of deaths and a law banning the ancient custom, researchers said today. A new study published days after the latest victim suffocated to death found nearly eight out...
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2019 08:26 AM MYT
A new study published days after the latest victim suffocated to death found nearly eight out of 10 girls in Karnali, a province in western Nepal where the practice is prevalent, were banished from their homes while menstruating. “Even if they hadn’t experienced that directly, the psychological stress of that was quite real,” added Thomson, a lecturer in comparative politics at Britain’s University of Bath.
Even in wealthier urban households, where it was less common, about two-thirds of girls said they practised chhaupadi. “An integrated approach of health and education must be reached to every household and educate people that menstruation is a biological process and it does not make women impure,” said women’s rights campaigner Radha Paudel.
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