(CNN)– Deep in the Himalayas, the night rolled in and a girl in a tiny hut lit a fire to keep warm. As she slept, the 15-year-old died of smoke inhalation. She was alone, separated from her community ...
Birendranagar, June 24 -- Pooja Nepali, a grade 12 student at Jeevanjyoti Secondary School in Chaukune in Surkhet district, used to miss school every month during her menstrual cycle. When she first ...
Menstrual stigma remains a lived reality in Nepal, where taboos and violence are still justified in the name of tradition. What is framed as cultural practice is often unsafe, excludes women and ...