Don’t react to such small things
Published On :
1st May 2024
Posted by : Jessica Thapa Magar
Category :
Adolescent Girls
Often this exact sentence “Don’t react to such small things” has been said to me and many of my friends, when we try to speak up for the discrimination faced by women accumulated for years in a patriarchal society. It makes us question if bearing mean words like “Oh! Being a girl you have to learn to do the dishes” is easier than replying with a constructive argument like “All people in general should know how to do basic chores” as it brings about heated debates on the conventional gender roles present in the society.
One such instance is society making it feel as though texting inappropriate texts like texting sexually suggestive texts, making ina.....
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The journey for Leela wasn't easy.
Published On :
20th November 2023
Posted by : Rakshya Adhikari
Category :
Adolescent Girls
In an antique village settled between folds of hills and mountains, lived a young girl named Leela. Her days were filled with laughter and curiosities, but as she grew older, an ever-roaming cloud of secrecy associated with menstruation wrapped her life. Leela's grandmother passed a deep-rooted belief that menstruation was impure, a belief that existed throughout the village where no people ever wanted or even tried to find out why. This belief and no willingness to question the rooted trends had shaped and connected the chains of menstrual stigma that bound every woman in the village.
One day, Leela tripped over a newspaper in the village’s shop wh.....
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Teenage Pregnancy: Curse for Girls
Published On :
29th March 2023
Posted by : Susmita Basnet
Category :
Adolescent Girls
Teenage pregnancy is one that occurs when a woman is 19 years old or younger. Adolescents are people between the ages of 10 and 19 who are figuring out their sexuality, and some young couples may start sexual relationships, which leads to many girls conceiving earlier than the right age of the pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is still a complex topic to understand. Most people do not realize that teen pregnancy can be caused by numerous factors. It is not just a result of irresponsibility.
Similarly, we all know teen pregnancy is still a stereotype worldwide, and Nepal is also not exempt from it. People start staring, pointing, whispering, and asking rude,.....
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Eve teasing
Published On :
6th January 2020
Posted by : Sadiksha Dahal
Category :
Adolescent Girls
In our life , at some point or other, we have faced some kinds of harassment – particularly sexual harassment. Being a girl myself , I can’t remember how many times I’ve been eve teased .Eve teasing is a form of sexual harassment . It is the manifestation of sexual provocation of a person. It includes name calling , whisteling , winking eyes, humming the tunes of song when a girl or boy passes by ,catching hands ,touching inappropriately ,following ,passing obscene remarks ,etc. In our country most of the instances of eve teasing are related to women . Although men are likely to be eve teased but the proportion of men victims are relatively small.
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