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Critics bash Nepal's plan to 'protect' women by limiting right to travel

February 19, 2021
Women activists lie down on the road near the police barricade during their sleeping protest demanding women s rights in the new constitution in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Aug 7.
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To the Nepalese government, a proposed law requiring women under the age of 40 to get permission from a male guardian before travelling alone to the Gulf states and Africa for the first time is a means of protecting them.
But to hundreds of Nepali women who have taken to the streets this past week in protest , the law smacks of a regressive, patriarchal attitude they say reflects poor gender equality in the Hindu-majority country of 29 million. Nepal ’s women are less literate, have less access to health care and have limited representation in public life compared with men, according to UN statistics. ....

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'Nepal is becoming Afghanistan': activists hit out at plan requiring women to get male assent for foreign travel

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‘Nepal is becoming Afghanistan’: activists hit out at plan requiring women to get male assent for foreign travel
Sonia Sarkar
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A Nepali activist takes part in a protest in Kathmandu on February 12 calling for the scrapping of a proposed law that would restrict travel for many women. Photo: AP
To the Nepalese government, a proposed law requiring women under the age of 40 to get permission from a male guardian before travelling alone to the Gulf states and Africa for the first time is a means of protecting them. ....

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