Word: nepal
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...NEPAL Rebels Get Personal Maoist rebels blew up the family home of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during a five-day general strike called as part of their campaign to overthrow the government and the monarchy. In the main cities the strike was only partially observed, but in the countryside nearly all businesses closed down. Two thousand people have died in the fighting since November...
...Viewers can expect to come out of the exhibit with conflicting emotions, ranging from rage to despair to hope. Organized by Myrna Balk, a Boston artist and social worker, the show features drawings by Nepalese women, as well as etchings and photographs by Balk that chronicle her experiences in Nepal and the social issues she faced during her time there...
Balk had traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1998 to consult with a non-governmental organization about the issue of domestic violence. She also taught at the School of Social Work there, where she met and worked with women and girls living in local shelters—many of them victims of domestic violence and forced prostitution in India...
...this show accomplishes what it sets out to do—to raise awareness of the plight of women in Nepal and tell the story of shattered lives in a way that somehow strengthens the power of their dreams. The collection is unpretentious, intimate and honest...
...stories behind the drawings involve women who were tricked by strangers and kidnapped to India, where they became sex slaves. Some even had husbands who did the unspeakable: turning over their wives to the sex traffickers in exchange for money. Many were only allowed to return to Nepal after they had contracted AIDS...