Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The article reports, “Many women in Nepal say they didn’t know that involuntary intercourse within marriage has been outlawed. Women’s advocates say those who are aware would rather call it a form of domestic violence than marital rape. Devaki Poudel, 39, has kept quiet about the abuse she’s been enduring at the hands of her husband for nearly 25 years. She didn’t want to embarrass her family.”
Read the full article at: http://www.womensenews.org/story/rape/120117/taboos-undercut-nepals-marital-rape-law
