Section Title Here It is essential to empower girls to lead, both for progress and development. When girls are given the opportunity to become leaders, they can help break gender stereotypes, promote gender equality, and create a more inclusive, equitable, and just society. Akshita Shah Celebrating, recognizing, and supporting girls’ leadership has a positive social impact. It helps to change the societal perception that girls are equally capable and competent in leadership positions. It also helps in promoting gender equality, which gives a message that leadership qual ..read more

Sagoon (she/her) is a proud feminist from Nepal. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from National College, Kathmandu University in 2022. Since then, she has been working as a researcher and recently led a research project on "Nominations and Electability: The Role of Gender Norms in Nepal's Local Elections". Sagoon is passionate about feminist leadership and is the board president at Women LEAD Nepal. In addition, she is an advisor to the Asia and Pacific Advisory Committee of FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund and hopes to continue contributing to the advancement of the f ..read more

Rajina is a development practitioner with 12 years of experience working with young women in various capacities. She works in Resources, Impact, and Learnings at CREA, a feminist human rights organization based in New Delhi, India. She is on the board of ‘Fun Play Learn’, where she supports young volunteers to help primary-level children build a foundational understanding of math, science, and reading. She is a former board chair of Women LEAD Nepal, and former co-lead and co-founder at Women Leaders in Technology, an organization working to bridge the gender gap in tech. She has been ..read more

2020 YWPLI alumni Mega is a civil engineering graduate by education and an intersectional environmentalist by passion. She runs a youth-led environment coalition called ‘Harin Nepal’ in her capacity as the Network Coordinator. She is also a Shaper at Global Shapers Kathmandu Hub. Mega engages herself in climate activism and advocates for building momentum for climate action, gender equality, and strengthening democracy. Climate change is a complex and multifaceted issue that has wide-ranging impacts on our society and environment. It is a pressing concern that requires immediate attentio ..read more

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Aarati Baniya 2020 LEADer Aarati loves facing new challenges, understanding herself better, and exploring new things each and every day. She considers herself privileged enough to have her rights and access to opportunities but understands that most people do not. This is why she wants to devote her life to realizing a world of equality, equity, justice and most importantly: happiness. Agrata Parajuli 2020 LEADer Agrata, a high school law student, is passionate about international relations, diplomacy, and issues related to women. From a very young age, she disliked the way women we ..read more

My name is Lakshina Bajracharya and my LEAD Course journey started on the fine morning of 21st July 2020. A message popped up that read: 2020 LEAD Course applications are now open!  The course looked like an amazing opportunity but after understanding that we had to  give 350+ hours for the program I was a little skeptical. Regardless of my hesitation, I wanted to see if this program would be a life-changing experience, after all you’re always one decision away from a different life. And believe me, the LEAD Course has been the best adventure that I have started that helped me grow ..read more