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About 200 women marched through the Nepali capital Monday to denounce a government scheme to pay cash incentives to men for marrying widows, witnesses said.
Nepal announced a plan last month to pay men the equivalent of $650 for marrying widows, angering the widows.
Monday, women shouting slogans such as "You can't sell your mother," and "We don't want government dowries," marched toward a government complex that houses the prime minister's office.
They were stopped by riot police, but there were no arrests or violence.
Durga Neupane, an organizer and a widow, said activists would mobilize widows throughout the nation if the government failed to scrap the decision by Friday.
"If that is not done we'll gather widows from across the country and organize more protests," she said.
The government says the scheme seeks to help widows who face social and cultural barriers in a majority-Hindu society.
But Neupane said it would only add to their woes as men would marry widows for money and later abandon them. Widows, she said, should instead be given jobs, better health care and education.
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據(jù)目擊者說，本周一，近200名婦女在尼泊爾首都加德滿都游行，譴責(zé)政府對娶寡婦的男性給予現(xiàn)金激勵(lì)的計(jì)劃。
尼泊爾政府在上個(gè)月宣布了一項(xiàng)計(jì)劃，將給予和寡婦結(jié)婚的男性相當(dāng)于650美元的現(xiàn)金激勵(lì)，這讓寡婦們十分惱火。
本周一，婦女們在通往總理府政府樓群的街道上游行，高呼“你不能賣你的母親”和“我們不要政府給的嫁妝”等口號(hào)。
她們被防暴警察攔住，不過沒有人被逮捕，也沒有暴力事件發(fā)生。
杜爾加?紐帕妮是這次游行的組織者，也是一位寡婦，她說如果政府不在周五前廢除這一決定，激進(jìn)分子將會(huì)動(dòng)員全國的寡婦（游行）。
她說：“如果政府不取消這一計(jì)劃，我們將會(huì)從全國召集更多的寡婦，組織更多的抗議?！?/font>
政府稱該計(jì)劃是為了幫助那些在這個(gè)印度教占統(tǒng)治地位的社會(huì)里遭遇到社會(huì)和文化壁壘的寡婦們。
但是紐帕妮說這只會(huì)加重她們的苦難，因?yàn)槟腥藭?huì)為了錢和寡婦結(jié)婚，然后再將她們拋棄。她說，政府該做的應(yīng)該是為寡婦們提供工作，更好的醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)和教育。
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A woman sits inside her house in Kathmandu March 19, 2009.(Agencies)
