Dignified Menstruation in Nepal

Policy is Urgently required for redressing #Chhaupadi, #menstrualrestriction

Round table Discussion at Annapurna Post July 21, 2017

Dignified Menstruation, Journey for Policy Drafting

Missing the link: Demolish and Re-building sheds for Menstruation

  

This photo from Achham, by Deuma Bhat

Ignorance behind Menstruation Creates Chaos

Radha Paudel[1]

The below question is the most common one while I was speaking no matter whether I am in village or capital or Nepalese community in aboard.

Q:        Do you enter in to temple during menstruation?

A:        Is this question to me? I have done 13 days mourning during death of my mother in 2009 along with my sisters and brother. Shocked, bite their tongue, shake their body, give big smile etc. are there responses I noticed. Few are furious and charged me as anti-Hindu and many stuffs. To me, this is all ignorance and hegemonic perception around menstruation.

Not only me, my sister, nieces, sister-in law, brother, father and myself, do put on Tika during Dashain, Tihar, do sarade (annual death ritual), enter in to Pashupati (Kathmandu), Mankamana (Gorkha), Tripurasundari (Baitadi), Ugratara (Dadeldhura) and so on along with pad in between vagina and panty. We belong with Hindu religion and enjoying celebrations in our own way as always that we do not have any barriers due to menstrual blood.

New Year

खै कता हो,
किन हो
हराएको हरायै छ
नयाँ बर्ष केही बर्ष यता ।

#Shed, #Chhaupadi, #Achham, #Dailekh, #Kailali, #Menstruation

Often I think, my blood is all about menstrual blood, my breath all about menstrual blood and I am thinking , working, writing, doing etc. about menstruation associated with Human Right, Peace, Empowerment, SDGs WASH in many ways. 

Just about a week ago I was in Dailekh for same and I have few photos of various forms of shed. Likewise, my fiends shared with me sheds from Achham and Kailali. Thus, I like to share here for educating people in many ways.

Shed under construction after declaration, June 2017, Photo: Deuma Bhat

#Democracy

एस्कुज मि प्राध्यपक,
प्रजातन्त्र भनेको बुझिन?
सिम्पल छ,
किन नभुझ्नु नि ?
जनताले जनाताको लागि।
कसरी ?

#MHM, #Dialogue, #Niharika #School, #Okharpauwa

July 1, 2017, Saturday, Niharika School Machhapokhari and British Council jointly organized a dialogue program on #MHM where students and teachers also invited from Nuwakot. It was 2 hours program though very powerful. Girls and boys are really moving. Here, I have shared few photos for documentation purpose. I was facilitated along with Lochana Adhikari, Radha Paudel Foundation.

Group photo after dialogue