In their wait for son, Baitadi women keep delivering babies

Archaic beliefs of the local population that daughters are less than sons have led a majority of women to keep having babies until they bear a son, health officials say.

Forty-five-year-old Lalmati Dhami of Sigas Rural Municipality Ward No. 5 is a mother of six children—four daughters and two sons. Her youngest son is just seven years old.