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Sajha Sawal Episode 330: Being a Woman in Nepal

नेपालमा महिला हुनु अवसर हो कि चुनौति? छोरी भएर जन्मनु संभावना कि संकुचन? अन्तराष्ट्रिय महिला दिवसको आसपासमा आज हामी नेपाली महिलाहरुको समसामयिक सवालका बारेमा बहस गर्दैछौं । बहसमा हामीसँग संविधानसभाको उपाध्यक्ष तथा एमाओवादी नेता ओनसरी घर्ती, एमाले नेता एवं उर्जा मन्त्री राधा ज्ञवाली र त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय समाजशास्त्र विभागमा प्राध्यापन गर्ने युवराज लुईंटेल हुनुहुन्छ ।

Meet Chuna: Empowering women in rural Nepal – a READ Global video

Chuna Devi – a mother of three in Nepal – once said that “being born as a girl is worthless.” But at the age of 47, she found self-worth and changed her life by finally learning to read at a READ Center, starting a women’s study group, and investing in her family’s education. Today, her goal is to empower other illiterate women in Nepal, and convince them that it’s never to late to learn to read.