Birth is a beginning…not an end, unlike how the Caste System in Nepal treats it.

#GaurikaSingh in #Rio2016 And a Man in Kathmandu

If our girls and women are to realize their full potential, just as Gaurika Singh has done, and become equal partners in the path to development, to when they can walk the streets of every city and village in the country with their head held high, we must provide the same kind of life opportunities to them as we do to our boys and men.

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Nepalese Constitution 2072: Discriminatory Citizenship Rights (Maithili version)

The Nepalese constitution promulgated on September 20, 2015 discriminates against women. Rights available to men aren't available to women. One such right is the right to pass on citizenship to children. This is the Maithili version of a series of info-graph which very clearly lays out the details.

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