Kathmandu, July 2 -- Khusi Gurung (name changed), a 21-year-old from Kaski, moved to Japan a few months ago for higher studies. She was raised primarily by her maternal family from the age of two after her parents divorced.

She grew up surrounded by her maternal grandmother, uncles, aunts, and extended relatives. At the time of her parents' separation, she was too young to understand what was happening or why her family structure had changed.

"I was two years old when my parents separated. I don't really remember anything from that period," she said. "As I grew older, I gradually understood that they were living separately and not together as a family."

After the divorce, both parents remarried. Her mother later moved abroad with her n...