Infertility

Under the overturned law, men were able to file for divorce if they could prove through a doctor their wives were unable to conceive for 10 years.

The women’s group argued men were also responsible for couple not being able to have children, which the law did not consider.

A study by the group in 2000 showed that the existing laws in Nepal had 118 provisions which discriminated against women and needed to be changed.

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