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G'day Kathy Jones, Thank you for your questions. No there aren't currently although there are efforts to establish them. Wikipedia states that in ancient times there were nuns. Regards Wikipedia Theravada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada Women in the Theravada Tradition http://www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/vipwomen.html
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(This answer has been simplified) Yes...
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Yes there are now again Theravadin nuns, as the second answer correctly states. This might help: http://www.congress-on-buddhist-women.org/index.php?id=38
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