She was active in the political movement for the restoration of democracy in Nepal since her college days. She was imprisoned thrice during the movement, spending a total of 13 months in prison. She was the first woman to raise the issue of human trafficking in Nepal in 1987.
‘परिवर्तन संभव छ’, केही सशक्त नेपाली महिलाहरुको आवाज हेर्नुहोस् साझा सवाल अंक ४८४: सशक्त महिला
Mediation expert at the Asia Foundation, Preeti Thapa’s mission has been to facilitate justice at the community level, and help build a peaceful nation. One of the invisible forces in Nepal’s judiciary system, she is an instrumental figure, who has helped lay the foundation of community mediation in Nepal.
Thapa believes if encouraged women can do more than just ‘take care’, they can also ‘take charge’ in the nation building process.
Lily Thapa’s goals have been to empower stigmatized women into a force that can bring about changes in themselves, and their communities. Here’s her brief story.
महिला र पुरूष समान हुने समाज कसरी बनाउन सकिएला ? लमजुङको बेंसीशहरमा मन्त्री शान्ता मानवी, पूर्वमन्त्री सरिता गिरी र सांसद चन्द्रबहादुर कुँवरसंग सहभागीहरुको बहस ।
हरेक सफल पुरुषको पछाडि महिलाको हात हुन्छ’ भनेको निकै सुनिन्छ । त्यसो हो भने सफल महिलाको पछाडि कस्को हात हुन्छ त ?
नेपाली महिलाहरु कसरी थप सक्षम, सफल र समान हुँदैछन्? तिलगंगा आँखा अस्पतालकी प्रमुख कार्यकारी डा. रिता गुरुङ, प्रहरी उपरीक्षक मीरा चौधरी र एमाले उपाध्यक्ष अष्टलक्ष्मी शाक्यसँग सहभागीहरुको बहस । नौ महिना अघि प्रसारित अङ्क पुन: प्रसारण ।
