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PM's directive to work for illiteracy abolition
March 31, 2018 17:35 pm
KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed people's representatives at all levels to work actively to contribute to the illiteracy abolition campaign.
New Law assures abolition of menstrual taboo
August 16, 2017 12:25 pm
The banishment of bleeding women and girls to cattle shed or makeshift hut best defines the custom of Chaupadi. The practice is extensively followed in the Far west region of the country as women and girls on period are considered impure. The new law that criminalizes Chaupadi, which will come into effect in a year’s time, stipulates a three-month jail sentence or a Rs 3,000 fine, or both, for anyone forcing a woman to follow the custom.
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