Sexual abuse by known people during festivals is often overlooked. Festivals bring people together but can also give abusers—often family members or trusted people—opportunities to harm women and children. Trust and cultural pressures, like keeping family secrets or respecting elders, make it hard for survivors to speak up. In this festival-themed episode of Gulabi Sambad, we talk about such abuse during festivals, with cases from Nepal’s Terai region, featuring Sushma Sharma, who counsels children affected by sexual violence in Madhesh Pradesh.

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This week's podcast, Gulabi Sambad, brings you another powerful conversation on menstrual health and rights. In this episode, “Chhaupadi and Beyond: Narratives from Sudurpaschim”, we speak with journalist Mamata Bhatta, based in Sudurpaschim Province. Together, we explore the lived realities of menstrual taboos, the deep-rooted practice of Chhaupadi, and the struggles as well as the voices of change emerging from the region.

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In this episode of Gulabi Sambad, we speak with Meghna Shrestha. She shares her menstruation experiences growing up as an urban girl. Even born and brought up in Kathmandu, she has her own bitter experiences about menstrual taboos and restrictions.

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