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Taken 4-Feb-13
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Briddhashram, "elderly women in Nepal", "

Gender inequity and traditions prohibit widows from remarrying in Nepalese society, resulting in single women dominating the elderly population. They are more likely than men to enter old age illiterate, in poor health, abandoned by their families and homeless.