‘She Leads Icon’ Award to be presented on January 3

The top three women’s representatives would be announced as the ‘Icon’ from among 27 short-listed inspiring women representatives out of 140 applicants.

Twenty-four women representatives from Koshi Province, 14 from Madhes Province, 12 from Bagmati Province, 11 from Gandaki Province, 36 from Lumbini Province, 16 from Karnali Province and 15 from Sudurpaschim Province had filed applications for the Icon. Jury members—Astalaxmi Shakya (political sector), Sari Joshi (social sector) and Charu Changa (media sector) had shortlisted the best applicants from every province.

Four women representatives have been shortlisted from Koshi province, two from Madhes province, four from Bagmati, three from Gandaki, seven from Lumbini, four from Karnali and three from Sudurpaschim province for voting.

Women making notable contributions in different areas—women’s health, women’s entrepreneurship, policy and justice, empowerment and accountability would be honoured. Chairperson of the Kalpa Empower Women Nepal, the organizing committee, Puja Koirala, said they have expected participation of more than 3,000 people in the programme. There would be stalls of goods produced at local levels, and an information centre on the occasion, according to the organizer.

The programme is going to be organized to promote women’s empowerment, entrepreneurship and leadership and the organizer expected that this programme would encourage women across the country exposing the powerful role of people’s representatives at local levels.