Incident Reports
Women's group staged demonstration in Kathmandu against the tax on menstrual pads
2021-10-06
Women's group staged a demonstration in Kathmandu against the tax on menstrual pads on October 6. The women's group demanded pads should be tax-free. The demonstrators even displayed placards during their protest.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Demonstration |
| Primary Cause | Other governance issues |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | CSO/NGO |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
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