Corpse-carrying female soldiers break taboos to help tackle Nepal's coronavirus crisis
Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, and hand it over to crematory workers – a scene that would until recently have been unimaginable in the conservative country.Women touching a dead body is still a cultural taboo in Nepal. But rights for women have improved since the majority-Hindu country emerged from a decade-long conflict in 2006 and abolished its centuries-old feudal monarchy two years later…
South China Morning Post
Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:00:19 +0800
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