Years of migration by men taking up jobs abroad hold drained Bhramarpura of working-age men,leaving women to purchase the reinsAt first glance, Bhramarpura’s dusty, or sun-seared streets gape like many others in southern Nepal. But there is a conspicuous difference. Nearly everyone making the wheels of this small town turn selling groceries,carrying grain or pumping water – is female. There is hardly a young man in sight.
Years of migration, fuelled by hope of providing a better life for their families, and hold drained Bhramarpura of working-age fathers,brothers and sons. virtually every household has at least one male family member working overseas, leaving boys and elderly men as the few remaining males in a town run by women.
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Source: theguardian.com