A resilient woman from Dhanusa, Madhesh, turns the ‘haat bazaar’- a traditional market, into her livelihood, selling vegetables to support her family.

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Joint EU and UN Programme - Empowered Women, Prosperous Nepal

This project seeks to contribute to the full realization of Nepalese women’s and girls’ human rights and agency role, promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and ensure that women, men, girls, and boys, in all their diversity, have access to opportunities to exercise their equal economic, labour and social rights.

A resilient woman from Dhanusa, Madhesh, turns the ‘haat bazaar’- a traditional market, into her livelihood, selling vegetables to support her family. © Anuj Adhikary
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A Mithila craft artist from Janakpur during the women’s day celebration organized by the Women’s Development Center and the ILO.

9 January 2025

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