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Caste Blocks Revamp of Nepal’s Sex Workers

May 7, 2012

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Badi sex workers await rehabilitation. Credit:Naresh Newar/IPS By Naresh NewarMUDA, Nepal, May 7, 2012 (IPS) – Social activists say that attempts to rehabilitate sex workers in this former monarchy call for special efforts to uplift the Badi, a Hindu caste that has for centuries been associated with entertainment and prostitution. Sabitri Nepali was initiated into […]

Female ‘farmer’ sows seeds of gender bias

July 29, 2011

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Jul 28, 2011, 11.24PM ISTSAMBALPUR: In a classic example of how male members of society fix gender role for women in patriarchy, a tribal woman was allegedly outcast from her community for performing a “male act” : sowing paddy seeds in the field. She was driven out by the villagers’ body after she refused to […]

Female ‘farmer’ sows seeds of gender bias

July 29, 2011

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Jul 28, 2011, 11.24PM ISTSAMBALPUR: In a classic example of how male members of society fix gender role for women in patriarchy, a tribal woman was allegedly outcast from her community for performing a “male act” : sowing paddy seeds in the field. She was driven out by the villagers’ body after she refused to […]

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