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Chaupadi Tradition
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Chaupadi Tradition in Nepal
"We can agree that all women have the right to live healthy lives, but we cannot assume how different women define a healthy life."
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http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002256498/in-nepal-exiled-each-month-.html
Health Risks
- Who should decide what is best for Achhami women?
- Is chaupadi actually based on tradition or is it a manifestation of extreme discrimination?
- Hypothermia
- Snakebites and other animal attacks
- Vulnerable to rape
- Burned to death
- Severe bleeding
Mud House aka "goth"
What is chaupadi?
- Hindu tradition in which menstruating women and girls are isolated because they bring bad luck and they are impure
- Practiced in Far Western Nepal in Achaam village
- Isolated in a shed/mud house called goth
- Firmly believe breaking the tradition would anger the gods and cause misfortune on the family
- chau means menstruation and padi meaning women – is even used as an insult, directed at both men and women, to imply they are dirty
Jenny Tamang
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