The biggest killer of Nepalese girls and women is suicide. Part of the reason has to do with Nepalese society not valuing female lives anywhere near as much as those of males in general and other social issues arising from cultural practices and mentality. There are things we, the Nepalese men, can do to change things around.
Nepal is a country by men, for men. But it's time to recognize why that is so and to move forward.
What does privilege in Nepal look like? Here's an exercise to visually and dramatically show that.
Poverty is an injustice. One of the surest ways of fighting that injustice is by empowering our girls and women.
Any and every injustice against an individual, in the end, is as injustice against every other individual. There are, and can be, no exception!
A video of the the presentation I made at four different locations during my April-May 2014 visit to the US. It covers the plight of marginalized groups such as Dalits, women, Tharus and Tamangs both in the country (Nepal) and abroad, and what COMMITTED is doing about it all.
Birth as a low caste, a Dalit, in Nepal means that you are not only expected, but also made, to live in shame and poverty. In an effort to escape from that, they go looking for foreign employment but lacking in funds and education, fall victim to loan sharks and trafficking.