Because menstruation, girls Nepal's Exiled and finally killed

Nepal Police investigating the death of 15 year old girl. Previously, victims were relegated to poorly ventilated barn because she was menstruating. The authorities said the girl was choking fireplace that he turn it so that the body remains warm.

As quoted from the BBC, Wednesday (21/12/2016), the body was found by her father Roshani Tiruwa last weekend at a cottage made of stone and mud in the village Gajra, Achham district, 440 kilometers west of Kathmandu.

Based on ancient practices, chhaupadi, women who are menstruating or have recently given birth are considered 'dirty' and should be exiled. The practice has been banned by the government of Nepal in 2005, but is still done in remote villages.

People there are sure, they will experience adversity as natural disasters if there are women who are menstruating or postpartum living among them.

When exiled, women should not eat regular food they asup. Drinking milk is also forbidden.

In some cases, women and girls sharing a shelter with farm animals complete with their feces - in a hut or a cage which is far from the village.

They were exiled often shivering in winter and sweltering in the summer stung. Some victims even experience physical pain and mental consequences.

Some critics say the government has not done much to eliminate this practice and to prevent early marriage among boys smell kencur.

Meanwhile, the government said it was difficult to prevent such violations because it already embedded in the local culture.

Ancient practice

Chhaupadi govern what can be eaten a woman, where she could sleep, with whom he may interact, where he could go, and anyone who may be touched.

Those who menstruation or parturition into his house, forbidden to cook, touching his parents, went to the temple or school, or eat anything except bread or rice marinated.

It is said that those who violate it can bring misfortune and even death for their families.

Not only that, it is believed, if he touches the plants, then the plants will wilt; if he drew water then the well will be dry; and if he was picking fruit so that the fruit will not mature.

Chhaupadi - or which translates as 'a creature that can not be touched' has been practiced for centuries in Nepal, as well as some of India and Bangladesh.

Although it has been banned through the Supreme Court decision in 2005, the practice is still carried out in the western part of Nepal, where the pace of development, education, and gender equality is still low.

Radha Paudel, president of the grassroots organization Action Works Nepal (Awon) said that 95 per cent of girls and women of Nepal in the central region to the West are victims of practices chhaupadi. Most exiled in a cowshed.

Meanwhile, in the area of ​​Kathmandu, where the price of land is very expensive, and residents may not have a cattle pen, the family would rent a room so that women who are menstruating or postpartum can stay apart.

Chhaupadi associated with psychological and physical disorders experienced womanhood - as a result. Awon Research found that 77 percent of women feel insulted during menstruation, and two-thirds of respondents admitted loneliness and fear of living in a cowshed.

The UN report adds to the dark side chhaupadi. Such practices can lead to diarrhea, pneumonia, respiratory disease, the danger of attack snakes, wild animals, and drunken men. Also potentially triggering incidents of harassment and rape.

Sequestration is also correlated with a high mortality rate of mothers and newborns, including in Nepal.