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chhaupadi
Nepal criminalises isolation of menstruating women after teen’s death
The new law stipulates a three-month jail sentence or a 3,000 rupee fine, or both, for anyone forcing a woman to follow the custom.
10 Aug 2017 12:55 PM
Nepal criminalises banishing women from home during menstruation
Supreme Court banned chhaupadi more than a decade ago but it is still followed in parts of Nepal, particularly in remote western districts.
09 Aug 2017 6:48 PM
Nepali teenager banished during her period dies of snakebite: charity
The practice of 'chhaupadi' banishes menstruating girls and women to animal sheds for the duration of their period.
11 Jul 2017 12:47 PM
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