
Asmita Pandey<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBorn and raised in a small village of Nawalparasi, Asmita witnessed marginalization and discrimination first-hand from the days of her childhood. Deeply affected by what she experienced, she always dreamt of serving as a change agent against these malpractices. A fresh graduate of Forestry, author of a dozen of articles, a campaigner in JCDC Nepal; she has always followed her instincts while striving for change.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBibhuti Pokharel<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBibhuti is an undergraduate student of Public Health. She has been involved in various projects around social activism besides her academics. She is a nature lover and loves to take pictures as a hobby. Since her early days at school, she had been interested in political issues but hadn’t found a platform to learn.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As Bima spent more time at her campus, she realized that even though she may not like thinking about politics, politics was thinking about her. She realized that politics was something that was intrinsically intertwined with her daily life, and political decisions affected her, directly or indirectly. As a responsible citizen and an eligible voter in the next election, she felt a sense of responsibility for the change that she wanted to influence as well.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDevi Bhattarai<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDevi is majoring in Computer Engineering at the Institute of Engineering at Pulchowk Campus. Academically, she has been on top of her game ever since her time at school, accumulating a 92.125% score on her School Leaving Certificate (SLC). During her Junior year, she received an internship with NAAMII as a Research Intern for their projects on artificial intelligence and machine learning.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mega is highly interested in politics. To start her political journey, she was involved in student Politics of her college. She is also a part of the Kathmandu chapter of a youth political organization. She hopes to use the foundational knowledge, professional skills and first-hand experience from YWPLI to bring about real change in the society. No change is possible without the change in the system; hence, her vision is to make political shifts in gender issues and climate crisis.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tPriyanka B.C.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tOriginally from Jumla, Priyanka is pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Health at Asian College and is also a youth activist and leadership council member at YUWA where she advocates for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Comprehensive Sexuality Education.<\/p>
She says that she is from the generation who believe that \u201cPolitics is a dirty game\u201d without understanding its meaning. But, now, her perception towards politics has changed and she views politics as holding power and understanding accountability. She strongly believes it is crucial for every individual to be politically aware and informed so that they can be responsible and wise when selecting a representative for the government. She also believes everyone can be capable of playing the role of the watchdog for the government.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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She graduated from a local school in Sainamaina Municipality. Currently, she is pursuing her Bachelors in Social Work at The Times International College. She loves to interact with people with different perspectives, moto, and vision. Her passion for social work stems from her school days when she involved herself in different social organizations. In college, she was an active member of the Youth Red Cross Society. She is also currently volunteering at Manav Sewa Ashram. Despite being engaged in many organizations, she had always stayed away from political institutions. She was unaware of her interest in politics until she joined YWPLI. Through YWPLI, her beliefs towards politics and politicians have drastically changed. Now, she feels more enthusiastic about politics.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRojika Pokharel<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRojika has always been determined to empower young girls. What she believes that empowered young girls become women with vision, ambition, and power in the future. She actively works to educate, aware, and mentor young girls with unbridled zeal to continue this work for the change that they want to see in their communities. She believes small steps bring big changes.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBorn and raised in a small village of Nawalparasi, Asmita witnessed marginalization and discrimination first-hand from the days of her childhood. Deeply affected by what she experienced, she always dreamt of serving as a change agent against these malpractices. A fresh graduate of Forestry, author of a dozen of articles, a campaigner in JCDC Nepal; she has always followed her instincts while striving for change.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBibhuti Pokharel<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBibhuti is an undergraduate student of Public Health. She has been involved in various projects around social activism besides her academics. She is a nature lover and loves to take pictures as a hobby. Since her early days at school, she had been interested in political issues but hadn’t found a platform to learn.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As Bima spent more time at her campus, she realized that even though she may not like thinking about politics, politics was thinking about her. She realized that politics was something that was intrinsically intertwined with her daily life, and political decisions affected her, directly or indirectly. As a responsible citizen and an eligible voter in the next election, she felt a sense of responsibility for the change that she wanted to influence as well.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tDevi Bhattarai<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tDevi is majoring in Computer Engineering at the Institute of Engineering at Pulchowk Campus. Academically, she has been on top of her game ever since her time at school, accumulating a 92.125% score on her School Leaving Certificate (SLC). During her Junior year, she received an internship with NAAMII as a Research Intern for their projects on artificial intelligence and machine learning.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tKajal Maharjan<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tKajal is a flamboyant, happy-go-lucky person always open to learning. She is very curious about the things happening around her and politics is no exception. She noticed how there\u2019s an invisible line that has stunted women’s growth in politics as compared to their male counterparts. Kajal wants to break the glass ceiling and would like to use her voice and knowledge for the benefit of the underprivileged and marginalized. Her passion to gain knowledge drew her to the Women in Politics Program.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tManisha Thapa<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tManisha, a permanent resident of Balkot, Bhaktapur, is a BPH final year student studying at CiSTCollege; has completed her Bachelor in Arts (major Journalism and English) in the year 2018. She\u2019s worked as an intern in MP Office Kathmandu Constituency-4 and is currently working at HCI as an Outreach Coordinator. Striving to be a spirited changemaker from an early age, she lives by the values of optimism, hard work, and strong faith in herself. She considers herself as a torchbearer; a person the future can employ its trust upon. She prefers to be called a feminist, an environmentalist, or an artist until she discovers the other sides of herself.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mega is highly interested in politics. To start her political journey, she was involved in student Politics of her college. She is also a part of the Kathmandu chapter of a youth political organization. She hopes to use the foundational knowledge, professional skills and first-hand experience from YWPLI to bring about real change in the society. No change is possible without the change in the system; hence, her vision is to make political shifts in gender issues and climate crisis.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tPriyanka B.C.<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tOriginally from Jumla, Priyanka is pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Health at Asian College and is also a youth activist and leadership council member at YUWA where she advocates for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Comprehensive Sexuality Education.<\/p>
She says that she is from the generation who believe that \u201cPolitics is a dirty game\u201d without understanding its meaning. But, now, her perception towards politics has changed and she views politics as holding power and understanding accountability. She strongly believes it is crucial for every individual to be politically aware and informed so that they can be responsible and wise when selecting a representative for the government. She also believes everyone can be capable of playing the role of the watchdog for the government.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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She graduated from a local school in Sainamaina Municipality. Currently, she is pursuing her Bachelors in Social Work at The Times International College. She loves to interact with people with different perspectives, moto, and vision. Her passion for social work stems from her school days when she involved herself in different social organizations. In college, she was an active member of the Youth Red Cross Society. She is also currently volunteering at Manav Sewa Ashram. Despite being engaged in many organizations, she had always stayed away from political institutions. She was unaware of her interest in politics until she joined YWPLI. Through YWPLI, her beliefs towards politics and politicians have drastically changed. Now, she feels more enthusiastic about politics.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tRojika Pokharel<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t2020 YWPLI Fellow<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n \n \n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRojika has always been determined to empower young girls. What she believes that empowered young girls become women with vision, ambition, and power in the future. She actively works to educate, aware, and mentor young girls with unbridled zeal to continue this work for the change that they want to see in their communities. She believes small steps bring big changes.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Born and raised in a small village of Nawalparasi, Asmita witnessed marginalization and discrimination first-hand from the days of her childhood. Deeply affected by what she experienced, she always dreamt of serving as a change agent against these malpractices. A fresh graduate of Forestry, author of a dozen of articles, a campaigner in JCDC Nepal; she has always followed her instincts while striving for change.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Bibhuti is an undergraduate student of Public Health. She has been involved in various projects around social activism besides her academics. She is a nature lover and loves to take pictures as a hobby. Since her early days at school, she had been interested in political issues but hadn’t found a platform to learn.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Bima comes from a family without any political background and grew up thinking that politics was a dirty game only for power-hungry people. She had zero interest in political affairs and never felt it important. While joining her Bachelors, she was in search of a politically liberal campus, but instead ended up joining Maharajgunj Medical Campus, IOM where students were highly politically inclined.<\/p> As Bima spent more time at her campus, she realized that even though she may not like thinking about politics, politics was thinking about her. She realized that politics was something that was intrinsically intertwined with her daily life, and political decisions affected her, directly or indirectly. As a responsible citizen and an eligible voter in the next election, she felt a sense of responsibility for the change that she wanted to influence as well.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Devi is majoring in Computer Engineering at the Institute of Engineering at Pulchowk Campus. Academically, she has been on top of her game ever since her time at school, accumulating a 92.125% score on her School Leaving Certificate (SLC). During her Junior year, she received an internship with NAAMII as a Research Intern for their projects on artificial intelligence and machine learning.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Kajal is a flamboyant, happy-go-lucky person always open to learning. She is very curious about the things happening around her and politics is no exception. She noticed how there\u2019s an invisible line that has stunted women’s growth in politics as compared to their male counterparts. Kajal wants to break the glass ceiling and would like to use her voice and knowledge for the benefit of the underprivileged and marginalized. Her passion to gain knowledge drew her to the Women in Politics Program.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Manisha, a permanent resident of Balkot, Bhaktapur, is a BPH final year student studying at CiSTCollege; has completed her Bachelor in Arts (major Journalism and English) in the year 2018. She\u2019s worked as an intern in MP Office Kathmandu Constituency-4 and is currently working at HCI as an Outreach Coordinator. Striving to be a spirited changemaker from an early age, she lives by the values of optimism, hard work, and strong faith in herself. She considers herself as a torchbearer; a person the future can employ its trust upon. She prefers to be called a feminist, an environmentalist, or an artist until she discovers the other sides of herself.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Mega is a civil engineering student by profession and an environmentalist by passion. She fights for climate and social justice through Harin Nepal- a youth led coalition. She believes that humans should co-exist with all elements of nature rather than dictating supreme authority over it. She is also directly involved in the movement, Rethink Nijgadh- an alliance to pressurize the government and responsible stakeholders into constructing the international airport in an alternative site.<\/p> Mega is highly interested in politics. To start her political journey, she was involved in student Politics of her college. She is also a part of the Kathmandu chapter of a youth political organization. She hopes to use the foundational knowledge, professional skills and first-hand experience from YWPLI to bring about real change in the society. No change is possible without the change in the system; hence, her vision is to make political shifts in gender issues and climate crisis.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Originally from Jumla, Priyanka is pursuing a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Health at Asian College and is also a youth activist and leadership council member at YUWA where she advocates for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Comprehensive Sexuality Education.<\/p> She says that she is from the generation who believe that \u201cPolitics is a dirty game\u201d without understanding its meaning. But, now, her perception towards politics has changed and she views politics as holding power and understanding accountability. She strongly believes it is crucial for every individual to be politically aware and informed so that they can be responsible and wise when selecting a representative for the government. She also believes everyone can be capable of playing the role of the watchdog for the government.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Priyanka remembers growing up listening to her family talks on politics and how they resulted in arguments that split her family apart. That scenario compelled her to think about politics conclude that politics was not a good arena to enter. Rojika has always been determined to empower young girls. What she believes that empowered young girls become women with vision, ambition, and power in the future. She actively works to educate, aware, and mentor young girls with unbridled zeal to continue this work for the change that they want to see in their communities. She believes small steps bring big changes.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Sangita is from Trishuli, Nuwakot. She graduated from St. Xavier\u2019s College, Maitighar, and pursued her Bachelors degree in Social Work at Kathmandu University. She believes in the power of will and desire, elaborating that willpower and desire when properly combined make for irresistible success. As per the saying of Mahatma Gandhi, strength does not come from physical strength; it comes from an indomitable will. Therefore, she wants to use the strength powered by desire and will to bring change within herself and her surroundings. She believes that this is the winning attitude for success. 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She graduated from a local school in Sainamaina Municipality. Currently, she is pursuing her Bachelors in Social Work at The Times International College. She loves to interact with people with different perspectives, moto, and vision. Her passion for social work stems from her school days when she involved herself in different social organizations. In college, she was an active member of the Youth Red Cross Society. She is also currently volunteering at Manav Sewa Ashram. Despite being engaged in many organizations, she had always stayed away from political institutions. She was unaware of her interest in politics until she joined YWPLI. Through YWPLI, her beliefs towards politics and politicians have drastically changed. Now, she feels more enthusiastic about politics.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tRojika Pokharel<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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