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Shanta Chaudhary

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Shanta Chaudhary
शान्ता चौधरी
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (UML) party list
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (UML) party list
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1979-05-17) May 17, 1979 (age 45)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

Shanta Chaudhary (Nepali: शान्ता चौधरी) is a social reformer and Former Member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal (CA). Chaudhary was an illiterate forced child labourer as part of the, now abandoned, Kamalari system.

Biography

Chaudhary was forced to become a Kamlari when she was eight.[2] 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.[3] During this time, she was forced to work for 19 hours a day, and she lived in the cowshed.[3] She was reprimanded for her mistakes and sometimes beaten by the landlord's wife.[3] Chaudhary remained as a servants until she was eighteen, during which time she became active in politics.[2] She represented Dang in a forum for the lands rights movement.[4]

In 2008, Chaudhary was chosen to lead the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Means.[2] Her illiteracy was a problem in the CA and she started taking classes.[2] Eventually, in 2013, she published a book, Kamlari Dekhi Sabhasad Samma, about her experiences.[3]

In 2016, she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and is currently receiving treatment.[2]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ a b c d e Magar, Devika Gharti (14 June 2015). "Never Too Late to Learn". Nepali Times. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "She Has a Dream". Nepali Times. August 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. ^ "The Right Way to Fight for Rights". Nepali Times. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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