Widowhood in Nepal
Organization information
Bahini Educare Foundation
Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Summary
Women in traditional Hindu culture marry in to their husbands' families and live in their husbands' multigenerational homes. This set up provides security as long as a woman stays within it. But if a husband is dying young, the wife will be blamed for the untimely demise of her husband and she will remain stigmatized for the rest of her life. If she was "unfortunate" and gave birth to daughters only and a male inheritor is absent her husband's family might refuse to care for them.
Project locations
Nepal