Education
Interviews with Nepali women in education
These interviews offer a unique opportunity to meet the truly inspirational women who are working to improve education in Nepal. We discover their backgrounds, their inspirations, what they have achieved and the challenges they have faced. We find out about their past and current work as well as their future plans.
Laxmi Keshari Manandhar
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Lily Thapa
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Angur Baba Joshi
Angur is also an author of a number of books and articles. Now that she is retired from the active social service, she continues to write books related to spirituality, morality and purity in human thought, words and behaviour. |
Dr Sumon Tuladhar
In 1986, she won a Fulbright scholarship to study at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she completed her doctorate in Education. Upon her return from study abroad, she worked as a liaison officer to the University of Massachusetts and Research Center for Educational Innovation and Development where eventually she established a Non-Formal Education Resource Centre in Nepal to support the NGOs who are working in the field of alternative basic education for school children as well as illiterate adults. |
Menna Acharya
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Harinder ThapaliaHarinder is the Chairperson of the Central Department for Home Science and Women’s Studies. Orginally from India, she moved to Nepal in 1968 after she was married. She is the first person to reach such a high position within the Padma Kanya Campus. She is able to make all the decisions for the campus and is able to give funds of her own accord. She also works with UNICEF on behalf on child rights. |
"In my experience I have found that women do not understand what they are capable of themselves...I wish all women could get a chance to use their strong character and life so that they could step forward into a more positive environment. "