after a day off work for IWD and brunch with some pretty inspiring chicks working here in Nepal , a discussion on the status of women in nepal, and some research into the amazing work the Female community health workers here in nepal carry, here's out something for thought on international women’s day
tilsari (23) has given birth to three babies at home, without medical help, and all three died soon after the birth. this year she again became pregnant, and once again went itot labour at home. her husband and family again refused to arrange for her to go to hospital desipite the fact that ther labour was prolonged and she was weak. they said it would be cheaper for him to marry again if she died, rather than paying the costs for her to go to hospital....
I met this young lady on my field trip to the mid west. 21 , 3 babies, the oldest 5, the youngest 2 weeks old. she gave birth alone on her mud brick floor while her mother in law and husband were out in the field, and hadn't been for any ante natal checks while pregnant with any of the children
she was lucky. as it turns out tilsari above was also, members of the commiunity heard of her situation and used emergency funds to get her to a hospital, where she was given an emergency C section and medicines for free.
Fun ‘only in nepal’ stories from the day: one friend who is currently out of the valley found that due to the surprise public holiday on sunday due to the death of Nepals first PM, that the women he was working with were not in fact entitled to the Womens day holiday , while the nepali government decided that women shouldn’t get all the fun and declared it a public holiday for all. not just the women.
Happy IWD yo
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