Gyani Devi Thapa Magar

Gyani Devi Thapa Magar serves on several boards to increase grassroots civil society action for empowerment of women and girls. She currently serves as Chairperson for Aama Milan Kendra Mother’s Club in Baglung Nepal – an organization that deals with a cross-section of issues related to gender equality including advocacy against child marriages.

As a Board Member of Right Action Nepal and Reproductive Health Committee, she encourages greater understanding of the impact of  violence against women and girls in designing development programmes. She further calls for approaches that take into account the impact of gender-based violence in low economic areas, and within and against marginalized groups.