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    What it's like to be a feminist man in Nepal

    Dhruba Pasad Ghimire founded the Rural Women’s Network of Nepal at the age of 24 to ensure that rural women across the country could voice their priorities and needs. He shares with Devex some of the barriers he's faced as a man supporting women's empowerment.

    By Kelli Rogers // 21 April 2015
    Dhruba Pasad Ghimire founded the Rural Women’s Network of Nepal at the age of 24 to ensure that rural women across the country could voice their priorities and needs, as well as organize and mobilize themselves to achieve greater economic and social empowerment. It hasn’t been easy to be a feminist man in the country, he told Devex, as women’s empowerment can often be seen as a threat to men’s power. He pointed to the United Nations’ HeForShe campaign, a solidarity movement for gender equality, as the kind of progress he would like to see in Nepal. First, the group is advocating for small wins, like policy language that would allow a single mother to gain citizenship for her child. “We are in the world because of our mothers. ... We should respect our mothers, our daughters, our sisters, bringing their voice, bringing them into decision-making…” he said. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or budding development professional — check out more news, analysis and advice online to guide your career and professional development, and subscribe to Doing Good to receive top international development career and recruitment news every week.

    Dhruba Pasad Ghimire founded the Rural Women’s Network of Nepal at the age of 24 to ensure that rural women across the country could voice their priorities and needs, as well as organize and mobilize themselves to achieve greater economic and social empowerment.

    It hasn’t been easy to be a feminist man in the country, he told Devex, as women’s empowerment can often be seen as a threat to men’s power.

    He pointed to the United Nations’ HeForShe campaign, a solidarity movement for gender equality, as the kind of progress he would like to see in Nepal. First, the group is advocating for small wins, like policy language that would allow a single mother to gain citizenship for her child.  

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      Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.

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