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Badi community threatens stir
Kantipur Report
DHANGADI, Jan 16 - Women from the marginalised Badi community in the Muda region of Dododhara VDC-7 in Kailali district have warned that they will launch protests if the government does not make arrangements for their employment and rehabilitation within three days.
Many Badi women, the breadwinners of their family, work as sex workers to make an income, but they have pledged to quit their traditional occupation if the government creates alternate jobs for them.
On Sunday, a delegation representing the Badi community submitted a memorandum regarding the problem to the government, through the office of the Chief District Officer, and Umadevi Badi, central chairperson of National Badi Rights Struggle Committee, issued the threat to launch protests if the government did not help the community.
Around 100 Badi women from the Muda region are still engaged in prostitution. The Badi people have demanded that the government come up with a special package to address the plight of their community.
Although the government has allotted Rs. 30 million for their rehabilitation, the money has not been invested in programmes that will create an alternate source of earning for the Badi women.
Posted on: 2009-08-16 10:55:48 (Server Time)
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