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“Chaupadi: Continuing Gender Inequality in Nepal” by Tracy As late as July of this year, women deemed “impure” have been killed while segregated from the general population. The latest victim was named Tulasi Shahi and she was 19 years old when she died from a snake bite that she received while participating in a ritual known as chaupaudi. This occurrence has once again brought the issue of gender inequality and women’s empowerment to the forefront of the worldview. Nepal is located between India and China in Southwest Asia. According to the U.N. report, “Chaupadi is a long held and widespread practice in the Far and Mid Western Regions of Nepal among all castes and groups of Hindus. According to the practice, women are considered ‘impure’ during their menstruation cycle, and are subsequently separated from others in many spheres of normal, daily life.” During the course of this ritual, they are not allowed to perform household duties, touch plants, animals, or people, a...