Shanta Chaudhary
Shanta Chaudhary | |
|---|---|
| शान्ता चौधरी | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for CPN (UML) party list | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for CPN (UML) party list | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1979 |
| Party | CPN (UML) |
Shanta Chaudhary (Nepali: शान्ता चौधरी) is a social reformer and former member of 1st Constituent Assembly of Nepal as a proportional representative from CPN (UML) party. Chaudhary was a forced child labourer as part of the, now abandoned, Kamlari system.
Biography
Chaudhary was forced to become a Kamlari when she was eight. She was leased for Rs 7,000 a year by her parents who had nine other children. She was sent to work for a family in Dang. During this time, she was forced to work for 19 hours a day, and she lived in the cowshed. She was reprimanded for her mistakes and sometimes beaten by the landlord's wife. Chaudhary remained as a servant until she was eighteen, during which time she became active in politics. She represented Dang in a forum for the lands rights movement.
In 2008, Chaudhary was chosen to lead the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Means. Her illiteracy was a problem in the CA and she started taking classes. Eventually, in 2013, she published a book, Kamlari Dekhi Sabhasad Samma, about her experiences.
In 2016, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and is currently receiving treatment.
References
- ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Magar, Devika Gharti (14 June 2015). "Never Too Late to Learn". Nepali Times. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "She Has a Dream". Nepali Times. August 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ↑ "The Right Way to Fight for Rights". Nepali Times. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ↑ Anand Nepal (16 November 2025). KP Oli fan Shanta Chaudhary Achar business on fire days after inauguration in Surkhet, Birendranagar. Retrieved 22 November 2025 – via YouTube.
