Dancing for Teej

The empowerment of one

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August 31st 2008
“Your husband is supposed to be looked upon as God,” Bimala Ghimire says, explaining the way she was raised in a strict hierarchy of gender roles in her upper-caste Brahmin community. “I used to think that way,” she adds. “Because I didn’t know any better. But now I look at my husband as an equal. And he also sees me as an equal.” Bimala Ghimire has an unusual story of transition f ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more