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| NepaliThito |
Posted
on 26-May-03 02:55 PM
Population:
Girls in Nepal consist 51% of the total child population.
Literacy Rate:
Literacy rate of girls is 39% compared to 61% with the boys.
Child Marriage:
34% of total marriages in Nepal is held with girls below 16 years. 7% of child marriages are held with children below 10 years.
Child Labour:
Most of the household chores and child rearing activities are the responsibility of girls. Girls aged betwen 10-14 work double as compared to boys in the same age-group.
Girl Trafficking :
Girls are trafficked for different purposes including domestic work, forced beggary, carpet weaving and for sex trade. About 20% (i.e. 40,000) of the total trafficked women for sex trade are girls below 16 years.
Child Malnutrition:
Child malnutrition in Nepal is 56.2% in which the state of girls is more vulnerable than boys.
Rape and Sex Abuse:
Almost 60% of survivors of child sex abuse and rape are girls below 18 years. Most of them are abused either at home or at work place.
Gender Discrimination:
Discrimination of girls is rampant in every sector of society including education, economy, health care and labour.
Conservative Tradition:
Women and girls are regarded as "untouchable" during menstrual period. In some parts of far western Nepal, they are not even allowed to stay inside home and forced to stay outside, mostly in the cattle house. Despite legal prohibition, sexual exploitation of girls in the form of traditional and religious customs, such as deuki still exist is Nepal.
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 26-May-03 03:44 PM
Nepali Thito ji:
Thank you! What is your source for this data.
Thank you for compiling the facts in one sheet; I have scattered information on girl trafficking, child labour and child marriage.
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| goredai |
Posted
on 26-May-03 07:01 PM
Beside other facts, I like the way nepali women become untouchables in their menstrual cycle. Its like getting a break from all household chores. This fact has very big impact in rural nepal. Women actually enjoy being untouchable while their mind goes bizzarke. Its like getting a break from second shift. City slikers may never agree with me(because they never had to work) and call me anti-women(again), but the amount of work women do in villages in mind-boggling.
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| bhedo |
Posted
on 26-May-03 07:04 PM
Hahaha, that's one heck of a defense goredai.
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| bhenda2 |
Posted
on 27-May-03 08:48 AM
Yep I agree with Goredai...those poor women have to carry gagro full of water from padhera to their homes...cook, clean....and what not....so its a kind of a break for them I think too.....
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 27-May-03 09:15 AM
Do women really need to be labeled "impure", "unhygienic", "unholy", "unchaste" to get respite from work? Hardly a compensation! Can one use the same *lower jaat* argument to support the reasons for "pani nachalney pratha"? Shouldn't we be opposing these social evils rather than endorsing them for whatever reasons?
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| bhedo |
Posted
on 27-May-03 02:05 PM
Excuse me, but Sitara, how would you, being a city-dweller, if my assumption about you being a city-dweller is correct(or raised in KTM, at least), know whether the nachune-system is working in the gaun areas or not? All right, fine, in cities, it's a different thing, as we got educated women running around these days, and the work-habits adapted is Western. Saturdays and Sundays off; if Sundays aren't off, then friday is a half chutti. That's respite for city dwellers. But in villages, let's face it, women are, well, looked down upon, although it's worth mentioning that Pahari women are treated better than desi women(by which I mean Indians from the Plains), according to some anthropological papers I have read. They might have to tend farms almost everyday. Many women aren't even educated. Life is totally different in rural areas. Am I saying these things should remain as they are? No, but given the circumstances, temporary untouchability of women might be beneficial for their health. Now, as lands get urbanized and women start gaining respect, nachunepana should be thrown out the window.
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