Boju Bajai

A Survival Guide for Young Girls

I have nothing in common with them, except

I was once a young girl, just like them, but

I am alive. They are dead.

My body is of its shape, theirs was of a prey,

now dead.

Unlike me, they will

never get to see an eclipse of a life-time.

अनि कतिको तीज लागिरछ त ? Where's the party tonight? At Pashupatinath, and chowks, gallis and all the public spaces that are usually reserved by men on other days.

PS: We somehow lost this episode from our list, so reposting it hai.

When will the politicization of women's bodies end? Last month it was former law minister Sher Bahadur Tamang's sexist remarks on Nepali girls studying in Bangladesh. It is convenient for the state to call us cheli beti because once they refer to us as citizens they have to give us equal rights.

Nepal's editors and reporters tell us how they cover rape, sexual assault and why our newsrooms need to rethink how it reports rape and crimes of sexual violence. In this two-part episode in collaboration with The Record, we are going to look at how different public institutions including media deal with sexual violence.

Link to The Record's article

https://bit.ly/2tT2DZy

Image credit: The Record

It's that time of the year again. So what are we marching for this time?

'Tis the season for trolling the trolls.

(Apologies for the sound quality. We blame it on long distance relationships.)

We talk about our awkward introduction to sex, or shall we say reproduction. In this लास्टै bold episode we also share the epic journey of the condom from the shelf to the counter and why we need non-judgement gynaecologists.

51 Hilarious Jokes About Sex By Indian Women On Twitter

http://bzfd.it/2tsjxir

Soundtrack : Karz, 1980, Saregama Music

In this episode, we explore the 'types' of Nepali men we have come across. While stereotyping might be counter-productive, we see some value in countering the stereotyping of women and the perpetuation of gender types/roles.

A special shout out to @bhenajuofficial and her hilarious videos - https://www.facebook.com/bhenajuofficial/

Photo credit: Bikram Rai

Woke Desi Men, https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/whos-the-wokest-boy-in-the-world

In this episode we talk about local elections, women in Nepali politics and the female political career. How do media coverage of women politicians shape the way they are perceived? How difficult is it for women to enter a political environment that is built on patronage?

Links to the articles and reports we talk about the in this episode:

Kathmandu candidate numbers

http://www.onwardnepal.com/election/kathmandu-candidate-numbers/

http://mahilakhabar.com/news/2017/05/05/25905.html

The Female Political Career - http://www.womeninparliaments.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Final_13012015_The-Female-Political-Career.pdf

Nepali women voters : http://www.onwardnepal.com/election/nepali-women-voters-candidates/

Dalit women candidates http://bit.ly/2qLrP0T

Image credit : iknowpolitics.org

Stop comparing our bodies to fruits, coke bottles and animal body parts. In this episode we talk about why we need to change the way we talk about women's bodies and appearance.

Follow Kripa Joshi and Miss Moti's adventures here https://www.missmoti.com/

Force feeding women in Mauritania http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a3513/forcefeeding-in-mauritania/