The coffins have become a common sight when a flight from the Middle East or Malaysia lands in the Tribhuvan International Airport. In 1990, Amartya Sen in his article, ‘More than 100 million women are missing’, compares the ratio of women to men in regions like South Asia with that in other regions such as Europe. He finds millions of women missing in Asia, especially in the South Asian society. Although the missing number of women is subject to debate, the article was groundbreaking in drawing attention to the enormously neglected problems of gender-related abortion, feticide, infanticide and discrimination, and in explaining the underlying patriarchal, cultural and economic factors that feed the problems. There is not just a case of missing women in Nepali society but also a severe case of missing men. The difference is that these men—the majority being primary breadwinners of their households—are migrating abroad. In a nation heavily dependent on agriculture, their absence is creating extra burden for the women left behind. Traditional gender roles further constrict women’s mobility and historically lower literacy among women puts them at a great disadvantage in undertaking additional tasks. - See more at: http://www.kantipurvdo.com/videos/malaysia-lands-in-the-tribhuvan-international-airport/#sthash.2IdxanEn.dpuf
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