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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |