With the rising number of single women in Nepal, a question arises: Is Nepali society embracing singlehood? A significant portion of single women are widows, and becoming a widow is never a matter of choice. Though the average age of marriage has increased in recent years, women in past decades married at a younger age. As a result, statistics reveal that many Nepali women lost their spouses and became widows by the age of 64.
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