Attitude of Nepali Women Towards Abusive Behavior by Their Mothers-in-law
Over 60% of Nepali women believe that a mother-in-law is justified in verbally abusing and threatening her daughter-in-law for any one of six reasons!
Birth is a beginning…not an end, unlike how the Caste System in Nepal treats it.
Nepal: Patriarchy-Shaped Laxed Attitudes Towards Wife-beating
In the highly patriarchal society that is Nepal, it's not surprising that women have such laxed attitudes towards domestic violence. Addressing that requires a multi-prong approach, one of which must be providing quality education to the population.
Nepali People by Job Applications
COMMITTED, in the process of expanding, recently advertised fourteen different positions. Reproduced in this blog post are charts of the applications by age, gender, caste etc.
From a White American Friend to Her Fellow White Americans on Addressing Racism
A reproduction of a really challenging and resourceful Facebook post by a White American friend of mine for White Americans about being White and addressing racism. I hope you find this as useful as I have, in spite of NOT being white, nor American.
Propaganda Vilifying Madhesis
How much hatred must you have or feel for a people to vilify them like this?! These acts can't be chalked up to just simple ignorance.
A Nepali Rape Survivor Speaks out to “Shatter the Silence”
What is it like to be a girl-child victim of rape in Nepal? Here's a personal story of a courageous survivor who has now risen above the ordeal and has a touching and powerful message for us all!
Troll Nepal: Like Name, Like Post
I have come across Nepali men, in person, on social media and elsewhere, who, when discussing gender issues, display a very very remarkable lack of knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by our girls and women. In the process, they display their conceit, their complete ignorance of the patriarchal society we live in and how that benefits and privileges us, men.
This is just one example of that.
Cold is “Beer as Cold as Your Ex-girlfriend’s Heart”
Cold really is "We serve beer as cold as your ex-girlfriend's heart," if you know what I mean.
(I certainly don't mean the beer or ex's heart.)
Hooray! Hooray! It’s Holi Holi Day…For Some
Holi has been perverted and is no longer just a day of celebrations with color and water!