A 17 years old girl dies due to old tradition chaupadi in kalikot.
Girls grow up in fear of retribution if they fail to follow their monthly restrictions – animal attacks, crop failures and water shortages are commonly blamed on women not rigidly following chaupadi. They are forced to sleep in a goth – a mud-walled hut about twice the size of a standard doghouse – or in caves, cowsheds or outbuildings far from their homes. Similarly, after giving birth, women must remain isolated with their newborn for up to 10 days – until they are considered what their society calls “clean.” In an recent article at the globe and mail, Newspapers describes in one village of Nepal, Bhageshwar, for example, the local administrative area became what officials call a “chaupadi-free zone” in December. Yet the designation, which means that women in the area no longer sleep in a goth, is largely superficial.
