[WSF-Discuss] [Nepal] First National Women’s Social Forum (NWSF)

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*Regional women trade fair begins***

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@ http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=183637

KATHMANDU, March 8 - With a view to developing a new partnership among South
Asian women entrepreneurs, a three-day mega event 'Solidarity of South Asian
Women’ kicked off in the capital on Saturday on the eve of 99th
International Working Women’s Day.

As a part of the mega event, an intra-regional trade fair also began from
Saturday. It  displays various goods and products produced and marketed by
women entrepreneurs. The displays are related to tourism, agriculture,
handicrafts, interior design, and medicine from accross the South Asian
region.  As many as 61 stalls have been put up in the fair.

There are some 21 women's organsations participating in the fair. Out of
this, 15 are from Nepal.

President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav inaugurated the event amid a function.

The event is being organized with the theme ‘Solidarity for Peace,
Prosperity and a Progressive Society’.

Minister for Industry Asta Laxmi Shakya and several other prominent women
from Nepal as well as other South Asian countries also spoke on the
occasion.

Women gathering



KATHMANDU: The first National Women’s Social Forum (NWSF) kicked off in the
capital on Saturday with the aim of giving voice to the voiceless women from
backward and marginalised communities.

The forum is being organized on the occasion of 99th International Working
Women’s Day which falls on March 8. It will continue for the next three days
accompanied by various programmes .

Talking to the Post, Advocacy Officer and member of coordinating committee,
Roni Pradhan said that the main objective of the forum is to discuss
collectively on multiple issues concerning women and their rights. The forum
will also hold discussions on government policies that excluded women from
decision making levels and seek to find  sustainable solutions to it all,
according to her.

“We all have worked separately on various issues concerning women for a long
time. We never sat together and discussed over these multiple issues
seriously and the result is that we have been unable to find proper
solutions to the problems. This forum will help us to redress all that,” she
said.

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