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- Children, Human Rights, Law
Bloggers Nepal on a system of rituals and traditions that might violate a girl's rights. “In the last couple of days Nepal’s unique culture of worshipping Kumari, the living goddess, drew widespread national and international media coverage after the Supreme Court ordered the government to investigate into whether the practice of worshipping a virgin girl violates the rights of the young girls.”
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