Profile Category: <span>Sangat Core Group Members (NEPAL)</span>

Rita Thapa is the founder of TEWA, Nagrik ko Awaz in Nepal and is part of several networks and campaigns in Nepal, South Asia and globally. Her main work is on peace.

Mona Sherpa, a feminist activist, is the Deputy Country Director of Helvetas, Nepal, is actively involved with all civil society issues, and is an alumna of Sangat.

Bhagavati Adhikari is a young activist working as Program Coordinator of Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj, a network of landless and slum dwellers. She is actively engaged in securing the shelter rights of slum dwellers and squatters and on gender issues.

Binda Pandey, a trade unionist and member of the Communist Party of Nepal, was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal and a Deputy Member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO).