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.
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.)
Holi has been perverted and is no longer just a day of celebrations with color and water!
This series is about Nepal needing a revolution…a revolution of the mind.
Here’s more of one of many MANY reasons why.
Girls and women need to be able to walk free just as boys and men. Boys and men MUST to do what they can to ensure that because every boy and man has a sister or a mother or an aunt or a grandmother or a female cousin or a wife or a female friend. One thing a boy or a man can do easily is be an ally and counter harassment whenever you see it happening.
Nepal needs a revolution...
a revolution of the mind.
Here's one of many MANY reasons why.
If our girls and women are to realize their full potential, just as Gaurika Singh has done, and become equal partners in the path to development, to when they can walk the streets of every city and village in the country with their head held high, we must provide the same kind of life opportunities to them as we do to our boys and men.
What I discovered about pattern in the marriage age of Nepalese, what I think it says about our society and what the solution might be.
The Nepalese constitution promulgated on September 20, 2015 discriminates against women. Rights available to men aren't available to women. One such right is the right to pass on citizenship to children. This is the Maithili version of a series of info-graph which very clearly lays out the details.
The Nepalese constitution promulgated on September 20, 2015 discriminates against women. Rights available to men aren't available to women. One such right is the right to pass on citizenship to children. This is the Newari version of a series of info-graph which very clearly lays out the details.