Guest post by James Edwin Bettney. In Nepalese culture, widows are discriminated against, often being branded witches or whores. Their society believes it is their immoral actions in a previous life that form the defining reasons behind the deaths of their husbands. They have, therefore, been ostracized for generations, losing their status in both the home and society. Forsaken even by their own families, they struggle to find enough work to feed their children and put a roof over their heads.