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監督：Priyanka Pathak制作：VICHITRA FILMS 日本語字幕：長谷川雅子、川崎隆二（JAFS関東）　このフィルムに出てくる人、描かれている事は全て事実です。被害者たちは自らのことを語っています。　生理の間、ガオコル, クルマ ガル, コパディ等と呼ぶ小屋で過ごさねばならない女性らを描いたこの…

It is an 8ftx8ft windowless mud room with no electricity that is Vaishali Padmukh’s home for four days every month.

There’s long been opposition to the practice of forcing a woman on her period to menstrual exile in a hut, which can be unsafe and unsanitary. One charity has a new interim response: upgrade the huts.

アジア・太平洋地域における人権の確立・伸長に貢献する団体

National Human Rights Commission has directed Maharashtra government to take effective steps against the practice wherein women are isolated during menstruation.

Women in parts of India are sent to basic huts outside their villages during their periods, as the stigma of menstruation proves hard to overcome

Describing ‘Gaokor’ as a serious violation of the human rights of women, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed Maharashtra government to take effective measures to eradicate the practice amongst the tribal population, in which women are forced to live at an isolated place during menstruation.

Take steps to eradicate Gaokor practice: NHRC to Maha govt

Describing ‘Gaokor’ as a “serious violation of the human rights of women,” the National Human Rights Commission has directed Maharashtra government to take effective steps to eradicate the practice wherein women are forced to live at an isolated place during menstruation. ‘Gaokor’ is an isolated place away from village where women are forced to live during the period of menstruation. A local social organisation ‘SPARSH’ had brought the practice to the notice of the NHRC and the government. Taking serious note of the malpractice, the NHRC in its letter issued to the state government in July this year said, “The Commission treats it as a serious violation of human rights of the affected women of the community. It relates to their safety, hygiene and dignity.” “The Commission directs that proper initiative be taken by the government of Maharashtra to eradicate the Gaokor custom,” it said. The NHRC also said that it “further expects that the government should also consider that such…

The practice of gaokor endures as the stigma of menstruation proves hard to overcome

BANISHED FOR BLEEDING By Helena and Jessica What else is being done? Sparsh NHRC – National Human Rights Commission of India Sparsh is also trying to address the problem by increasing women’s awareness of health and hygiene. Barsagade says the organisation has run 12 workshops in

Rehabilitating Period huts until they abolish Menstruation Exile

Campaigners say they offer women a safe place to go, but critics say they perpetuate period shaming.

There’s long been opposition to the practice of forcing a woman on her period to menstrual exile to huts, which can be unsafe and unsanitary. One charity has a new interim response: Upgrade the huts.

There’s long been opposition to the practice of forcing a woman on her period to menstrual exile in a hut, which can be unsafe and unsanitary. One charity has a new interim response: upgrade the huts.

Indische Filme erreichen Massen und können dazu beitragen, das Denken über Toiletten und Periodentabus zu verändern.

Ženy po celom svete sa denno-denne stretávajú s menštruačnou stigmou. Tie z kmeňov Gond a Media v indickom štáte Maharashtra sú počas periódy dokonca vykázané zo svojich obydlí na samý kraj dediny, kde sú nútené žiť v chatrčiach so žalostnými podmienkami.

Ženy po celom svete sa denno-denne stretávajú s menštruačnou stigmou. Tie z kmeňov Gond a Media v indickom štáte Maharashtra sú počas periódy dokonca vykázané zo svojich obydlí na samý kraj dediny, kde sú nútené žiť v chatrčiach so žalostnými podmienkami.

インド先住民族の風習　ガオコル/クルマ(GAOKOR/KURMA)インド先住民族の一部では、部族の習わしとして、生理中の女性が、村から離れた粗末な小屋に寝泊まりさせられ、家族も含め村人と接触を禁じられる「風習・しきたり」＝Gaokor・…

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In the 21st Century, so many women are independent and hold power to decide for themselves what they do with their lives. But in several Indian states like Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh…