Women of Nepal
Profiles of Nepali Women
This website is managed by Working Women Journalists (WWJ), an organization of professional women journalists in Nepal (www.wwjnepal.com). The WWJ received a donation from Toyota Foundation in Japan which has enabled it to produce these profiles and website.
Profiles of Women
Nepal is now in the most dramatic and most important period in her history. After the ten-year armed conflict followed by the 19-day Janaandolan (People's Movement) in 2006, Nepal succeeded in abolishing a 240-year-old monarchy and brought about a republic. 601 people from various political parties in the Constituent Assembly, of which 33% are women, are currently in the process of making a new constitution which will form the basis of a new state.
Nepal has never seen such a large number of women representatives involved in the process of state building. Women have made up the biggest class discriminated against and marginalized by society and the state in this country. A huge amount of women participated in the anti-state insurgency launched by the Maoists on February 13, 1996, putting an official end to the previous rule on November 23, 2006.
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Amrita Thapa Magar
Member of the Constituent Assembly (CA), Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Chairperson of the Natural Resources,
Asta Laxmi Shakya
Member of the Central Committee, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
President of the Women Department of the CPN (UML)
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Bidhya Bhandari
Vice chairperson of the Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Chairperson of All Nepal Women's More नेपालीमा.
Binda Pandey
Member of Constitutional Assembly, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Deputy General Secretary of General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)
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Bindra Hada Bhattarai
Secretary at the Ministry for Women, Children and Social Welfare
Born in 1965, Kathmandu
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Chhayadevi Parajuli
Democratic fighter
Born in 1918 in Solukhumbu district
Expired on August 26, 2006
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Chitra Lekha Yadav
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Leader of the Nepali Congress
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Dharmashila Chapagain
Vice president of the All Nepal Women's Association (Revolutionary) (ANWA-R)
Elected member of the Constituent Assembly, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
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Durga Ghimire
Founding president of ABC Nepal
Vice president of the Women Force Group
Founding member of the National Group against Girls Trafficking
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Durga Sob
President of the Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO), Born in July 1969, in Doti district More नेपालीमा.
Hisila Yami
Central Committee Member, Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Member, Constituent Assembly
Former Minister for Culture and Tourism
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Jayapuri Gharti Magar
President of All Nepal Women's Association (Revolutionary)
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
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Kabita Bantar Sardar
Member of the Constituent Assembly, Nepali Congress (NC)
Born in 1965, in Jhorahat VDC, Morang district More नेपालीमा.
Kamala Panta
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Nepali Congress
Member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress.
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Lila Nyaichai
Member of the Constituent Assembly
Central Member of the Nepal Revolutionary Women's Union
Alternative Member of the Central Committee, Nepal Workers Peasants Party
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Mandira Sharma
Advocate and Director of Advocacy Forum
Born in June 1972 in Baglung district
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Manju Mishra
Founder and Principal of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication (CJMC)
Executive member of the International Press Institute and International Association for Women in Radio and Television
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Meera Dhungana
Advocate, Forum for Women, Law and Development
Born in March 1969 in Makwanpur district More नेपालीमा.
Mina Acharya
Economist and women's rights activist, General Secretary of Tanka Prasad Acharya Academy
Member of the Working Committee of International Association for Feminist Economists More नेपालीमा.
Mina Pandey
Chairperson of the Nepal Women's Association
Member of the Central Committee, Nepali Congress
Member of the Constituent Assembly
Mohamadi Siddiki
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Nepali Congress
Member of Minority and Marginalized Committee
Born in 1958 in Gorakhpur (India)
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Parvati Thapa Magar
Deputy Inspector General of the Nepal Police
Born in February 1960, in Simal Gairi of Gorkha district
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Pampha Bhusal
Former Minister of Public Administration
Politburo Member of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Member of the Constituent Assembly
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Purna Kumari Subedi
AVice-Chairperson of the Constituent Assembly
Born in 1958 in Lamachaur VDC, Kaski district
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Radha Sharma
Professor of the Foundation of Education, Tribhuvan University, Born in 1950, Kathmandu
Ram Kumari Jhakri
President of All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU)
Born on May 23rd 1978, in Myalpokhari VDC, Gulmi district
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Ramrati Ram Chamar
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Member of the Central Committee of the All Nepal Women Association
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Renu Kumari Yadav
Former Minister for Education
Member of the Constituent Assembly
Central Committee Member of the Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum
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Renu Rajbhandari
Founder and Executive Chairperson of Women's Rehabilitation Center (WOREC)
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Sabitri Pokharel
Deputy coordinator of Mahila Adhikar Manch, Born in March 1979, Khoplang VDC of Gorkha district
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Sahana Pradhan
Former Foreign Minister
Former member of Standing Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
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Sapana Malla
Advocate, Member of Constituent Assembly, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
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Sarita Giri
President of the Nepal Sadbhawana Party
Member of the Constituent Assembly
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Shailaja Acharya
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former vice-chairperson of Nepali Congress
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Shanta Chaudhari
Member of the Constituent Assembly (CPN-UML)
Born in 1980 in Dang district
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Shanta Manavi
Member of the Central Committee, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
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Shanta Thapaliya
Leading advocate
Women's rights worker
Born in 1941 in Terhathum district
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Shashi Shrestha
Member of the Central Committee, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Former chairperson of the All Nepal Women's Association
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Soma Rai
General Secretary of the National Indigenous Women Federation
Coordinator for the Committee for Promotion to the Right of Indigenous People
Chairperson of Nepal Kirant Rai Mahila Sangh
Member of National Development Council in National Planning Commission
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Stella Tamang
Founding principal of Bhrikuti High School
Chairperson of Bhrikuti Knowledge and Development Centre
Co-founder of Nepali Women's Federation of Indigenous Nationalities More नेपालीमा.
Sukdaiya Chaudhari
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
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Sumitra Manandhar Gurung
Leading indigenous rights activist
Born in 1954 in Kathmandu
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Suprabha Gimire
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Nepali Congress Party
Born in October 1941, in Kathmandu
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Susmita Maskey
Team Leader & Expedition coordinator of "First Inclusive Women Sagarmatha Expedition 2008 - Spring" More नेपालीमा.
Uma Adhikari Regmi
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Nepali Congress Party
Chairperson of Inter Party Women's Alliance
Member of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress Party
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Uma Bhujel
Member of the Constituent Assembly, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Vice president of the Young Communist League
Former Brigade Commissar of the People's Liberation Army
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Uma Devi Badi
Coordinator of the Badi Struggle Committee
Born in 1964 in Salyan district
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