03
Jan
Tag: Menstruation
27
Nov
Travel log – Preparation of the follow-up trip: holidays do not exist…
23
Sep
Travel log – Women’s group in Chilkhaya
18
Sep
Travel log – Group of girls and Ruby cup training in Chilkhaya (Kalikot)
17
Sep
Travel log – #RatoBaltin at the Chilkhaya school
20-7-17 During the 10 days we have been in Chilkhaya, what has surprised us most is the number of students attending the secondary school (from class 6 to 10). We attended classes with 70 students, “luckily” missing 70 or 80 more. That is, the list of students for these classes was up to 140, 150. […]
22
Aug
Travel Log – Chilkhaya
10-6-17. Moving 4 personal rucksacks, 2 suitcases full of materials, 1 bag of cameras and 23 metallic buckets from one village to another in these remote areas can be really complicated! From Rachuli to Cnilkhaya, according to Googlemaps, there are just 9 km. and a slope of 400 m. First we had to get somebody […]
14
Aug
Periodically untouchable
We publish the translation, in our web, of the following article – by Aditi Lamichhane, published 2017-07-05 at The Kathmandu Post– because we consider it is important for our Catalan and Spanish-speaking readers. — be artsy team. Image: The Kathmandu Post At the age of 13, menstrual cycle, for me, was about a beautiful transition into womanhood. […]
22
Jul
Travel log – Chhaupadi in Rachuli – Kalikot – Karnali Zone – Nepal
Photographies made by the students of the participatory photography workshop #breakthesilence © of each student. 7-6-2017 We have not yet found in Kalikot anybody referring to the tradition using this name, they call it “Chuii” “Chuiigoath” or “Chuiighar”. But as to existing, it does exist the same. Maybe the conditions seem better (in Rachuli, so […]
17
Jul
Travel Log – Ruby cup training at Rachuli. Once again, total success!
4-6-2017 The menstruation cup training that we have set at Rachuli, exceeded all expectations. We have spent, so far, 10 days in town, talking with the ladies and girls, teachers of both sexes, and trying to reach out to the men. to talk with the men… The girls were asked to talk with their parents […]
16
Jun
Travel log – First conversation with a group of women in Rachuli (Kalikot)
26-5-2017. Our contact people in the area (all male) told us that here there was no Chhaupadi unlike in Achcham: that there are no special huts for women on their period, that they have a room inside their homes. However, during our journey we saw a few of them. There are some characteristics that make […]