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Srijana Singh Thakuri in 2008 as a student in Surkhet. Photo: Kopila Valley via Nepali Times, used with permission. This article written by Srijana Singh Thakuri was published in the Nepali Times. An edited version is republished by Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. My Dad wanted a son. I was the first daughter and after me came three younger sisters. My mother became pregnant three more times after that, all of them would have been girls. They were all terminated at illegal clinics where parents can learn the gender of their baby and opt for abortion if it is a girl. I kno…