Superstitious practice

The Himalayan Times

(30 July 2015)

Superstitious practice

SEWAK Nepal, an NGO, deserves appreciation for organizing an awareness programme about the adverse effects of Chhaupadi at Badaipur of Bhimdatta Municipality in Kanchanpur district recently “Awareness drive against Chhaupadi” (THT, 28 July, Page 6). Despite such efforts, this practice continues in various areas of far western development regional districts due to deep rooted tradition and superstition in conservative societies.

In fact, women need healthy and nutritious foods and clean environment during this period. However, spending time in chhaupadi, all these facilities are normally barred making the women more vulnerable to ill-health. As reported in the past, some innocent women had even lost their lives while spending three horrible days and nights in chhaupadi during menstruation period.

Education and awareness campaign play an important role in completely uprooting this wrong belief from the minds of the local people. For this, more aggressive non-formal education programme and awareness campaigns are to be systematically planned and implemented to bring about positive thoughts among the local people about this ill- practice. In addition, implementation of women empowerment program mobilizing women group members can also be an affective programme to chase away this bad practice.

Rai Biren Bangdel

Maharajgunj

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