AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
MEDIA QUOTE
MEDIA QUOTE
13 January 2018, Nepal
Authorities must proactively act to eradicate the harmful practice of banishing women and girls to insanitary and dangerous huts during their menstrual cycles. Responding to the death in Bajura district, Nepal, of a woman and her two young sons who had been banished to sleep in a hut during her menstruation, a practice known as Chhaupadi, Amnesty International said, the authorities must take urgent action to eradicate this discriminatory harmful practice.
“In order to prevent further deaths, the Nepali authorities must immediately put in place a comprehensive strategy, designed in consultation with Nepali women’s rights groups, to eliminate Chhaupadi. This should include effective enforcement of existing laws criminalizing Chhaupadi and widespread education programmes in affected areas,” said Nirajan Thapaliya, Nepal Section Director, Amnesty International.