Introduction:
Over 95 % of the
families of Jumla, have been practicing sets of menstrual restriction for
centuries at the name of culture, religion that remained a huge challenge for
social transformation (Hodal, 2016) .
The girls and women are staying in sheds
(cow or buffalo or goats or horse or whatever they have) or separate huts or
separate house or room with following restrictions related to food, touch,
entering or mobility (Nepal, actionworksnepal.org,
2013) . Such restrictions affect the all aspect of
the life of girls and women started from deprivation of food, health,
education, participation etc. that leads to loss or no job, sickness, low
income and often encountered with bites from snake, wild animal, murders, abuses,
death and rape due to extreme cold or collection of carbon mono-oxide (Paudel, RHSC, 2016) . It further acknowledges that the menstrual
restriction is key barrier for peace, serious form of violence of human right
and hindering factor for empowerment as well as sustainable development goals.
