Theme: Intersectionality of Feminism

As Bell Hooks once said, while raising the subject of racial prejudices as a component shaping feminist thought, it is important to recognize that there is some initial resistance to the idea that much of what upper class women identify as authentic to female experience may be erroneous.

In this event, we will be bringing together marginalized female voices, where they share a stage and talk about their female experience.

Ullens School IBDP Building
Ullens Campus 2, Khumaltar
Lalitpur
Kathmandu, Bagmati, 44600
Nepal

Parina Subba Limbu

Activist

Parina Subba Limbu, a fierce women's right activist, is the founder of a women led organization DRISTI Nepal, devoted to helping women who use drugs and women living with HIV in Nepal. Being the starter of the #iammomsowhat movement, she is also relentlessly working as a social entrepreneur owner of OYA Initiatives - promoting thrifting culture , supporting single mothers for sustainable workforce. “I feel that my three biggest strengths are firstly my ability to understand the problems and needs of people in my community. Secondly, my experience allows me to assess, recommend and develop the strategy and support that will improve the quality of the lives of women who use drugs and are living with HIValong with their children. The motivation, dedication and knowledge towards the journey I have chosen has always uplifted me to contribute for a change" -Parina Subba Limbu

Priya Sigdel

Public Figure

Priya Sigdel is the Co-founder/President of Hatti Hatti Nepal (a tailoring training center devoted to training underprivileged women of Nepal). She has been tirelessly representing Nepal as a young changemaker in Switzerland, India, Turkey and Bangladesh. She is also the Country-Coordinator for Udaan.Freedom, an organization devoted to spreading awareness on adolescents MHM. Holding various awards such as the Young Women Entrepreneurs award and Miss Nepal Earth 2018, Priya has represented Nepal as a semi finalist in Miss Earth 2018 at Philippines, where she placed in the Top 18. Priya now runs a television show as a presenter in Kantipur Television. But above all, Priya is a Nepali woman who has faced the burn of living in an industry that overlooks her race in a movement she is actively involved in; FEMINISM.

Shruti Chand

Feminist

Shruti Chand is a young feminist who works on matters of women empowerment. Her contributions are made with the sole motive of empowering a Nepali perspective on feminism. “I work to give Nepali feminists their own personality that finds the midpoint between traditional ideas and modernized ideas. One that is modern but also close to soil”, she quoted on her webinar— where she featured motivational speaker and author, Priya Kumar, Miss Nepal 2016 Barsha Lekhi who is also known for the deep ties with UNDP, along with Dr.Bidita Das who is the head of the dept of 'Psychology in Handique Girls' College'. Today she is working with a reusable pad company to dismantle the trauma around menstruation. “The idea of making biodegradable reusable pads generated in my head when I first read about the rural streets of Accham academically”, she says. "I wish to dismantle the menstrual taboo with the same ferocity used to force away every female from her body", Shruti Chand 2021