patriarchal practices such as the dowry system early marriage sonpreference purdah and segregation of women during menstruation chhapaudi are still widespread and disadvantage women nepal ranks th of countries on the human development index hdi placing it in thelow human development category and the world economic forums global gender gap report ranked nepal th among countries behind bangaldesh sri lanka and india the cases studies of women migrant returnees who stayed at the shelter house run by the nongovernmental organization ngo pourakhi in kathmandu during the period from july to june were coded and analysed