Practice and lived experience of menstrual exiles (Chhaupadi) among adolescent girls in far-western Nepal

BACKGROUND: Menstrual exile, also known as Chhaupadi, is a tradition of “untouchability” in far-western Nepal. Forbidden from touching other people and objects, women and girls are required to live away from the community, typically in a livestock shed, during menstruation. We assessed the lived exp...

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Autores principales: Amatya, Prabisha, Ghimire, Saruna, Callahan, Karen E., Baral, Binaya Kumar, Poudel, Krishna C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208260