Speech: Involving youth and women in the electoral process: Nepal Experience

Arzu Rana-Deuba, Ph.D.
Dr. Arzu Rana-Deuba is the President of SAATHI, a non-governmental organization working in the area of violence against girls and women in Nepal. She is also the Executive Director of SAMANTA Institute for Social and Gender Issues, a non-governmental organization working mainly in research and training on multi-sectored issues pertaining to gender. She is also the founder and chairperson of Rural Women's Development and Unity Centre, which has established a low-risk birthing center in far-western Nepal. The organization advocates for the reproductive health and rights for women. She has published a number of articles on development, political empowerment of women and violence against women in Nepal.

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Kamala Pant
She is the present Minister of State for Women, Children and Social Welfare. Read her speech at the 23^rd Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly "Women 2000: Gender equality, development and peace for the 21^st century."

Contact her at: Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare
Tel. 977-1-423125; 977-1-418849

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Prativa Subedi
She is from Tribhuvan University, is the Founder and Chairperson of The Women's Awareness Center in Kathmandu and is an executive member of Women's Security Pressure Group. A human rights activist an economist, Ms. Subedi is helping women break the cycle of poverty by creating informal savings and credit activities and co-operatives. She is the author of Nepali Women Rising which deals with the problems of injustice, oppression, and exploitation of women in Nepal. BACK TO TOP