Menstrual Hygiene Day: Fighting Discriminating Chhaupadi Practices with Music
Gender based discrimination, and specifically menstruation-based discrimination is one of the major problems for women in Nepal. It can be observed all over the country. In the Far-Western provinces of Nepal, this discrimination is called “Chhaupadi”, and it is being practised in its most severe form in Karnali and Sudurpaschim. This means that in many areas, women are made to sleep outside their home in separate sheds (Chhau goth) or with cattle during their period. These sh
