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!
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.
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.
Hall of Shame II
This series is about Nepal needing a revolution…a revolution of the mind.
Here’s more of one of many MANY reasons why.
#IWalkFreely…as Should Our Girls And Women
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.
Hall of Shame I
Nepal needs a revolution...
a revolution of the mind.
Here's one of many MANY reasons why.
#GaurikaSingh in #Rio2016 And a Man in Kathmandu
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.
Marriage in Nepal: Arranged Convenience…
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.
Nepalese Constitution 2072: Discriminatory Citizenship Rights (Maithili version)
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.