Women do more than their fair share of work within the household and on the farms.
The survival and wellbeing of families is often dependent on women, but their voices are seldom heard. I take each day as it comes. Bishnu Kumari, who lives in Khawa village 34 km from Kathmandu, could be speaking for her sisters all across the Himalaya. Studies on the status of women in the countries of the region are by and large focussed on women from the lowland and urban environments. What is scarce is data on mountain women.