Menstrual discrimination in the woman's life cycle
Published On :
22nd March 2023
Posted by : Shristi Khadka
Category :
Gender and advocacy
Women's bodies are remarkable mechanisms capable of incredible accomplishments, especially when it comes to pregnancy and childbirth. While childbirth is often celebrated as a significant achievement, a woman's life is more than just her ability to reproduce. The menstrual cycle is a crucial part of a woman's reproductive journey, but cultural norms and expectations often restrict her overall development. Unfortunately, Nepal is a country where horrendous human rights violations occur, and even discussing menstruation or women's rights is taboo. In the present day, Nepal needs to adopt an approach that respects menstruation. We need to recognize.....
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Sex, Gender and Sexuality
Published On :
26th December 2022
Category :
Gender and advocacy
When filling out a document such as a job application or school registration form, you are often asked to provide your name, address, phone number, birth date, and sex or gender. But have you ever been asked to provide both your sex and your gender?
As with most people, it may have occurred to you that sex and gender are the same. However, sociologists and most other social scientists view sex and gender as conceptually distinct.
The topics in itself are too vague and too vast if not made into themes. So let me make this clear: Sex, gender, and sexuality all have distinct meanings. First of all, "Sex" is a biological and physiological characteristi.....
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The Blurred Equality!
Published On :
21st December 2022
Category :
Gender and advocacy
With Equality comes power, with power an individual lives the life they want to. Equality ensures our reach to resources that are necessary to promote life and well-being. The vision is to have the world striving for equality as it plays a vital role in strengthening the cores of development. Equality hereby is fundamental for an individual’s, a family’s, and societal growth and progress.
Equality yet being envisioned as a core element of development, has not been embraced by society the way it should. The constitution recognizes everyone is equal in the vision of law but society fails at doing so. The authenticity of equality is confine.....
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS THE KEY!
Published On :
30th November 2022
Category :
Gender and advocacy
I believe if it wouldn’t have been a woman who had shrunken herself into the shell of four walls and a door taking care of everything and everyone, the world probably wouldn’t have reached the point where it is, for now, a man barely would have been able to make himself known to the world the way he does and the world totally would have been a jungle of a mess.
Though having such a significant role, women's contribution to the development of a family, a nation, and an entire world has been undermined, unseen, and unheard of as the contribution never found its way to be measured in the form of rupees or dollars. She yet is considered seco.....
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