Things needs to included in gender responsive budget

This is message shared with Hon. vice chair, planning commission regarding the gender responsive budget from the perspective of dignified menstruation.

#DignifiedMenstruation to #SchoolHelathNurse, coming from Chitwan, Dolakha, Kavre, Dolpa, Salyan

Asked to write their first menstrual experience in five minutes without letting their name. 

Common Practice : First sharing to mother, sister, friends

Chitwan

·       Feeling discomfort

·       Feeling cry,

·       Nervous at first

·       Missing mother a lot

·       Don’t know about menstruation and management

·       Mother asked to hide in separate and dark room

·       Brought me at paternal aunt’s house

·       Feeling lower abdominal pain

·       Used cloth pad

·       Not allow to see even sunlight

·       Separated for five to seven days

·       Not allow to enter in to Kitchen and temple even now  

·        

Kavre:

·       Cried

·       Mother explained it and asked to use cloth pad

·       Pain –lower abdomen

·       Use cloth pad

·       Embarrassed to wash and dry the cloth pad

·       Not allow to see father and brother

·       Not allow to go anywhere

Dolakha:

·       Not allow to see father

·       Restricted for five days

·       Use cloth pad

Dolpa:

·       Don’t use anything for first three months due to ignorance. Later use the handkerchief

 

Salyan

·       Stay in separate room

Use hankerchief

#DignifiedMenstruation for #SchoolHealthNurse, #MinistryofHealthNepal

Menstrual Discrimination practiced by School Health Nurse originated from Bhaktapur, Nuwakot, Ramechapp, Rasuwa, Rukum, Saptari and Sidhupalchowk. Total 24 nurses participated in the session of the “Dignified Menstruation” at the School Health Nurse Program on April 27, 2022 at Patan Hospital. 23 participants out of 24 has experienced a different types of menstrual discrimination. One participant from the Nuwakot, shared her experience of not following the rules of untouched, mobility during her menstruation. The following restrictions were gathered from the participants which they shared by writing in the separate paper. 1. Feeling shamed, not allowed to have nutritious food. 2. Kept in a separate house for 6 days, not allowed to touch and see the male members of family, sunlight 3. Feeling of afraid, sad, crying, anxious 4. Prohibited from free mobility to kitchen, temple 5. Used separate bed and utensils 6. Heavy bleeding, severe pain in stomach, waist 7. Washed used clothes pad by hiding 8. Took daily bath till 7 days 9. Problem in maintaining hygiene 10. Not showed face to other members of family • Problem of water management, waste management • Girls feel shame to talk about the menstruation and ask for the menstrual pad • Lack of quality menstrual pad • Unusual behavior of male student at classroom while talking about menstruation • Girls feel hesitated to go school during menstruation, • No rest area • Teasing the girls who are menstruating The feeling and essence of Dignified Menstruation seems to be very important for the schools management and community people. Prepared by Sapan Poudel, RPF

#dignifiedMenstrutaion for Decent Work, #InternationalWorkersday2022

Menstrual Discrimination In Madesh

1. Joanne Frappier, retired from Federal Government of Canada, Coach for Change Management and Philanthropist, Samir Pariyar, Coordinator for Dignified Menstruation Campaign Nepal and Radha Paudel made a week road field trip. It was started from April 14 and ended in 20th April 2022. The route was from Kathmandu to  Janakapur via Sindhuli road, Lalbandhi, Sarlahi, Kaliya Bara, Bharatpur, and Madi Chitwan, Gaidakot, Nawalpur, Pad factory Chitwan and Devghat in Tanahun and Kathmandu.

Joanne addressed Stakeholders meeting at Madi

Samir shared the role of men in promotion of dignified menstruation

CPO office at Sarlahi

Janaki Temple, Joanne from left, Radha in middle and Samir at right

Samir explained his inspiration to work around menstruation

CDS office premises after training on Dignified Menstruation

CPO staff pasted the sticker of dignified menstruation

Ward 5, Madi meeting with stakeholders

CDS office, Samir explained the role of men

Ishwarpur, Sarlahi exploring the menstrual discrimination and child marriage 

At CPO office

Radha discussed about the motivation for child marriage

Radha had done puja during second day of her menstruation

Shining English Boarding School Gaidakot, Nawalpur 

Dignified Menstruation with Muslim girls at Kalaiya, Bara

Guard of the Muslim school 

At Muslim Family 

Girls Shelter in Devghat (Hindu Folks)

Bio degradable Pad Factory at Chitwan

Travelling back to Kathmandu 

Samir with stakeholders at Madi

Ap saraph explained the use of pad

Samir explained the dignified menstruation with Hindu girls at Devghat

Ishwarpur, discussion on Child marriage 

Maariyam Khatun explained about reusable pad

GadhiMai Temple in Bara

Radha was in Gadi Mai temple during her second day of menstruation

Interaction with Journalists, at FNJ, Chitwan

Menstrual Discrimination among children belong with Himalayan Region, Nepal

 Had an interaction program with students who are living in orphan home in Kathmandu valley in 9 April 2022.

Dignified Menstruation Learning center

 Radha Paudel Foundation welcomes to all visitors, interns, researchers who are passionate to dignified menstruation and its various aspects. These are the few examples only. 

Menstruation is learned from 4-9 years among Youths, New York, USA

 These are the students who are studying in grade 10 and 11 in New York, USA. They are in Nepal as a youth ambassadors for Maya Gold Foundation. 

Radha Spent about two hours with them to discuss the urgency and importance of dignified menstruation at global level. They knew something about menstruation at the age of 4, 5, 6,7, 8 and 9 years from their family members, book, movie. The first reaction was surprised, shocked, confused, scared, bored, indifferent. They also did not discussed openly about menstruation. 

Interaction with adolescent girls

Thank you so much CWIN, Bal Sahitya Samaj and Kathabachak Samaj for this opportunity. Inspired from girls and enlightened. Also brifly shared about dignified menstruation; menstruation, dignified menstruation, menstrual law in Nepal and menstrual products. 

Menstrual Discrimination in Godavari Municipality, Lalitpur District

These are the pictures from Godavari Municipality of Lalitpur district. Regardless of their caste, class, and education, they have been practicing various forms of menstrual restrictions; no participation in any religious activities, not allow to cook or enter in to kitchen, not allow to touch source of water supply, separate bed, hiding others or own's dark room without exposure with male members of the family (first menstruation), washing and drying of menstrual clothes separately, not allow to have citrus foods/fruits, no talk about menstruation at home, or family members, silence towards menstruation, matter of shyness and sexuality, not a serious issue to discuss at school, at local government. They also do not know about the menstruation itself. 

Had discussed about physiology of menstruation, products including their pros and cones, constitutional rights. 

Logistically, this is organized by Home Net Nepal and technically supported by Radha Paudel Foundation,

Book Launch: The Journey of the Lamp from Lamjung to London

This is poster of book launch (sorry for typo mistake)

Book Review- Menstruation, Water and Education

 

नमस्कार !

सम्बोधन यथाबत |

अबसरको लागि धन्यवाद !

महिनावारी मर्यादित बनाउने अभियानमा ३ दशक भन्दा बढीको सघर्ष, महिनावारी विभेदको सोधार्थी, मर्यादित महिनावारीमा कलम चलाउने व्यक्ति भएका नाताले मैले पुस्तकमा भएका परिवेश र दृस्टान्तलाई न्याय गर्ने हेतुले मेरो आजको प्रस्तुती केन्द्रित रहने निबेदन  गर्दछु | कोहि व्यक्ति बिशेष वा संस्थालाई चित्त नबुझेमा मेरो गल्ती हुनेछैन भन्ने मेरो ठम्याई छ |

सर्वप्रथम २० जना पत्रकारहरु,  संचारिका समूह र सहयोगी सस्थालाई बधाई छ | तपाईहरु महिनावारीको बहसको यात्रामा  कोशेढुंगा बन्नु भएको छ | जुन यो पुस्तक वा आजको कार्यक्रमको सुखद पक्ष हो |

१.   यी बिस वटा लेखले झट्ट हेर्दा सातै वटा प्रदेश, हिमाल, पहाड, तराई, पुर्ब देखि पश्चिम, जातीय समावेशीको उदाहरण प्रस्तुत गरेको छ | यसको लागी पनि आयोजकलाई बधाई छ |

Menstrual discrimination, that practiced by school health nurse from Nuwakot, Dolakha, Chitwan, Sindhuli and Ramechhap

 The total 20 nurses were participated in lecture of dignified menstruation at School Health Nurse program where 19 were experienced various types of menstrual discrimination. One participant felt pride and power because she aware about menstruation from her nurse mom (Ramechhap). The following were gathered from participants, they shared their stories by writing in separate paper.

Menstrual Discrimination Is In Madhesh: Rautahat, Saptari, Dhanusha

Participants described the various forms of menstrual discrimination at their family, community and school. All of them do not know about the menstruation before having menstruation therefore most of them cried, afraid, feeling afraid, unhappy born as girl, wanted to die, feeling of dying when they have first menstruation. They also do not like to share or talk about menstruation in front of the male family members such as brothers, father, grand and father. They do not like to let their neighbor to know about the menstruation because they afraid for teasing and other harassment.

Menstrual Discrimination Among the School Health Nurses from Rasuwa and Nuwakot

Menstrual Discrimination Among the School Health Nurses from Rasuwa and Nuwakot

Menstrual Discrimination construct power and patriarchy

 https://ekantipur.com/koseli/2021/12/11/163919057029989811.html?fbclid=IwAR0EwC5uq91G4NKU4Xiazc7L865emT06k6SS1haJ7uP2yAAO8VZ4XPvAAbM

Without addressing the Menstrual Discriminations, merely possible to eliminate violence from home

 Published in kantipur, Nov 21, 2021https://ekantipur.com/opinion/2021/11/22/163754762684166350.html

महिनावारी विभेदलाई सम्बोधन नगरी घरैबाट हिंसा अन्त्य पपुलिस्ट नारा मात्र  

 

केहि समय अघि महिला मन्त्रालयबाट १६ दिने लैंगिक हिंसा बिरुदको अभियानका सम्बन्धमा निमन्त्रणा गरिएको पत्रले सधै भन्दा फरक अनुभूति भयो | खुशी बनाउने कारण त्यहाँ लेखिएको नारा थियो `घरैबाट शुरु गरौ, महिला हिंसा अन्त्य गरौ’ | तर यो खुशी क्षणभरमा नै

Menstrual Discriminations in Rupendehi