Nepali Women

Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, the girls are OFF!

March 5, 2013 by Team Celebration

They are climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro for many reasons - to get to the top, to realize their own dreams - but, most of all, to show the world: What Women can Achieve. That is why they believe that education is so important for girls everywhere. Setting off for Kili...the 10-woman team and WFP staff members. Copyright: WFP/Fizza Moloo DAR ES SALAAM -- For the 10 women – seven Nepalis and three Africans – gathered at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro on the last day of February, it was no small … [Read more...]

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Celebrating ‘all-female team’ to climb Mount Kilimanjaro!

February 27, 2013 by Team Celebration

DAR ES SALAAM – They have conquered the world’s highest mountain. They have climbed the highest peaks in Europe and Australia. Now, seven Nepali women – members of the most successful all-female team ever to scale Mount Everest - will join three African women to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Their attempt on Kili (5,895 metres) will begin from the northern Tanzanian town of Moshi on Wednesday 27 February. The climb is being supported by Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and … [Read more...]

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NEPAL: Women in Chhuaupadi – ADELE BUTLER

May 27, 2011 by admin

Nepali Women and Girls Isolated During Menstruation On the Violence is Not Our Culture site, I read about a ritual practice in Nepal called Chhuaupadi pratha which can cause prolonged depression and even death among girls and women. “Chhau” means menstruation and “padi” – woman. It is a ritual which banishes girls and women during their menstruation. It is dangerous because it also isolates women during and after childbirth. These women are banished fro up to eleven days away from … [Read more...]

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