https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/13/721450261/why-its-so-hard-to-stop-women-from-sleeping-in-a-menstrual-shed

G.E.P strongly believe that countries and communities that shun their girls and women to menstrual sheds when they are on their period can never achieve gender equality. In countries such as Nepal and India, menstrual sheds can literally be a life and death issue as each year girls and women die from unsafe conditions in menstrual sheds. This NPR podcast episode and related article help to highlight this important issue.