Menstruation ruling gives Nepal's women some relief

Women's rights activists in Nepal have hailed a Supreme Court order to end discrimination against women during their menstrual cycle.

fro Sushil Sharma BBC News, Kathmandu,
"There is a tradition in parts of Nepal of keeping women in cow-sheds during their period.
The practice is common in far western districts of the country.
The Supreme Court has ordered the government to declare the practice as evil and given it one month to begin stamping the practice out."

This is one more piece of evidence of the need for change in Nepal and the discrimination women have had to endure.

Sharma continued:
"Pushpa Bhusal, a leading lawyer, said it was a positive move in removing the traditional discrimination against women.
She warned however, that a change in the law alone would not be enough.
She said people needed to be educated against such a scourge of society."

She continued that women suffer verbal abuse, and are forced to eat unsanitary food, and live in unsanitary conditions.