A 16-year-old woman has reportedly died because of a snake chunk in western Nepal after she was pressured to remain in a hut outdoors her dwelling throughout her interval.

The teenager was bitten by a snake on Tuesday whereas she was sleeping within the outbuilding in Pancheshwar, Baitadi district, in Sudurpashchim province, in line with The Kathmandu Post.

"The girl was sleeping outside her house in a shed during her menstrual cycle when the incident occurred," Bina Bhatt, vice chair of the agricultural municipality, instructed the newspaper.

Some Hindus view menstruating women and girls as impure and untouchable, and they're pressured to remain in a hut or shed outdoors their houses in components of Nepal whereas on their interval, beneath an historic apply often known as chhaupadi.

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In August 2017, the Nepalese authorities handed laws banning the centuries-old customized that banishes females from their communities throughout menstruation and after childbirth.

However, the apply nonetheless prevails in lots of areas - regardless that it's punishable by as much as three months in jail and/or a wonderful of three,000 Nepali rupees (£20).

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