A painting related to violence against women has been exhibited at the Nadhiman Lake complex in Chandranagar.
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A Mithila painting depicting women and gender violence has been exhibited in Chandranagar of Sarlahi.
A joint project of Chandranagar Rural Municipality and Nepal Integrated Development Society Lalbandi and with the financial support of The Asia Foundation Nepal, an exhibition of painting related to violence against women was held at the Nadhiman Lake complex in Chandranagar.
Diwakar Jha, executive director of the Integrated Development Society, said that the exhibition was organized with the aim of highlighting the violence against women in Madhes through Mithila painting, including dowry, beatings, and discrimination against girls in education. According to him, 15 local women were trained in painting for two weeks.
painting also aims to help the women living in the village to earn income. He said, 'This painting was made and exhibited by training local women. In this, it is tried to show through painting about the violence against women in the village. Such paintings will also help the women in the village to earn income.'
The painting prepared by the women of the rural municipality was also observed by the people's representatives and employees of other municipalities including the rural municipality. Harimaya Ghalan, deputy mayor of Hariwan municipality, while observing the Mithila painting, said that Madhesi women who live inside veils have openly demonstrated the issue of violence against women in the village through painting. He says that the hidden talent among them has also emerged.
Rajkumar Mahato, chairman of Chandranagar rural municipality, expressed the commitment of the rural municipality to support the women who expose the hidden evils in the society through painting and to connect them with business in the future. "At a time when Mithila painting is disappearing in the name of modernity, the paintings prepared by women have given us encouragement," he said, "In the past, women used to make Mithila paintings in the homes of Terai-Madhes, but recently such paintings are disappearing in the name of modernity. The rural municipality helps to highlight violence against women and Mithila culture through painting.'
