Menstrual Exile: Nepal's Chhaupadi and the Policy-Practice Divide

Animesh Ghimire^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
² Sustainable Prosperity Initiative Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Animesh Ghimire. Int J Public Health. 2024.

. 2024 Dec 16:69:1608202.

doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1608202. eCollection 2024.

Animesh Ghimire^{1

2}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
² Sustainable Prosperity Initiative Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chhaupadi; Nepal; human rights; menstrual exile; menstrual hygiene.

Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that they do not have any conflicts of interest.

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