Tax Free Period
Published On :
24th September 2021
Posted by : Laxmi Chaudhary
Menstruation is a natural biological process in which people having uterus shed the inner lining of the uterus in a cycle of an average of 28 days if the released ovum doesn’t fertilize with sperm and implants itself on the uterus to develop a fetus. Menstruating individuals (MIs) can be girls, women, and other non-binary people with the uterus (trans men). Though the period is a normal biological process, menstrual stigmas have been followed for very long in Nepal due to misinformation, cultural and religious beliefs. MIs have been facing different kinds of discriminations varying according to places; somewhere it is in the form of Chhaupadi while s.....
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Marital Rape
Published On :
23rd August 2021
Category :
Concurrent issues
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock is a culturally recognized union between people, called spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. According to the dictionary meaning, marital rape is a rape committed by the person to whom the victim is married. Unwanted sexual activities (forced sex, physical, verbal, or mental threat, and manipulative sex) by a spouse without the other person’.....
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The Survivor
Published On :
17th August 2021
Category :
Gender and advocacy
She was 18 years old studying in grade 11. Life was going on as usual with highs and lows. She had a close friend who had feelings for her about which she was unaware. They were close to each other, sharing each detail of their everyday lives. The guy misunderstood her feelings towards him and thought she also liked him. He never said a word about how he felt about her.
One day the girl found a certain someone who she truly felt connected with and she told this to her best friend. Her friend felt that it was not fair and she didn’t understand his feelings towards her. He felt that she was teasing him while being with someone else and then the guy de.....
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