“…However, missing in such discussions is a critical understanding of how the intersectionality of social, cultural, religious, economic and political practices creates an androcentric space that not only dehumanises Nepali women but also hinders their overall empowerment and emancipation. As shown in Figure 1, and discussed below in detail, such androcentric space not only undermines Nepali women's identities such that they are considered less rational, less educated and not 'men' (Acharya, 2017: 198), but it also limits their daily identities to daughters, wives or mothers (Acharya, 2020b;Morgan and Niraula, 1995;Shrestha and Gartoulla, 2015;Subedi, 2010). Despite this, as Bourdieu's (1977: 169) 'doxa' suggests, the discriminated and oppressed positionality of Nepali women is 'undiscussed, unnamed, [and] admitted without argument or scrutiny'.…”