Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 20 Article 8 Number 1 Himalayan Research Bulletin no. 1 & 2 2000 The nI tended and Unintended Consequences of AIDS Prevention Among Badi in Tulispur Thomas E. Cox Nagoya City University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Cox, Thomas E. (2000) "The nI tended and Unintended Consequences of AIDS Prevention Among Badi in Tulispur," Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 8. Available at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol20/iss1/8 This Research Article is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Intended and Unintended Consequences of AIDS Prevention Among Badi in Tulispur Thomas E. Cox Nagoya City University Introduction This paper begins with a short history ofBadi prostitu tion. The second section examines relations between Badi The Badi are an untouchable Hindu caste, with a popu and high-caste Nepalese before the implementation of AIDS lation of between seven and eight thousand, who live in prevention programs in the early 1990's. The third section scattered settlements throughout the Salyan, Rolpa, Rukum, explains why Tulsipur's Badi community has been the fo Dailekh, Seti, Jajarkot, Dang-Deukhuri, Banke and Bardiya cus of AIDS prevention efforts.