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Resource July 30, 2013

Nepal: Journalists Allison Shelley and Allyn Gaestel on Chaupadi

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In rural western Nepal, many women are sent to live in animal sheds while they are menstruating...

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Allyn Gaestel and Allison Shelley in Achham District, Nepal. Image by Allison Shelley. Nepal, 2013.

Allison Shelley and Allyn Gaestel, the team behind the Pulitzer Center project "Chaupadi: Nepali Women's Monthly Exile" discuss the challenges and lessons learned in Nepal's far west.

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