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Introduction:Nepali women experience gender-based violence not only from their intimate partners, but also from relatives and other people in their close environment. Apart from the physical and sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, one of the other main forms of violence that they experience is psychological violence, which is deemed to be such acts or omission that “damages the self-esteem, identity or development of the individual woman” (Paudel, 2007). Women of all ages experience this type of violence in Nepal, the related acts of abuse may include not only humiliation and verbal threats but also accusations of being unable to give birth to a male baby, being unable to bring a good enough dowry, and accusations of practicing witchcraft. In Nepal, witchcraft (Np. boksipratha) is believed to be practiced by witches (Np. boksi) and wizzards (Np. bokso), who possess mostly evil and destructive supernatural powers. These allegedly enable them to commit such atrocities as ..