Activists, artists, journalists share diverse menstrual experiences and interventions from across Nepal
Anthology of stories of stigma from around the world by women who overcame discrimination
Menstrual discrimination has been harder to demolish than chhau sheds
After watching the Netflix drama Bombay Begums recently, I was encouraged to see that mainstream cinema has started giving space to a female…
Meet Jyoti, the leader of a group of children who live on the outskirts of Kathmandu
Period stigma has long blighted the lives of young women and girls in Nepal, but the pandemic is making things worse. If action isn’t taken to…
In July 2019 when I was 36, I wrote an article about how I struggled to believe that periods are not impure after over two decades of getting my…
It is when local women take the lead to end the practice that it is most effective
GRASSROOTS: Activist Radha Poudel has spent her career working for dignified menstruation. Menstruation in Nepal has become synonymous with…
Oligaun is an hour by foot from the district capital at Mangalsen of Achham. It is less remote than most villages and is made up of mixed…
Growing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took weeks to walk there, the cold snowy winters,…
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…
The practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a lot of media attention within…
If you ask people what they know about menstruation in Nepal, the first answer will be the practice of chhaupadi, the menstruation exile. Most…
