Radha Paudel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Nepalese writer
Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1973
Place of Birth: Chitwan District, Central Region, Nepal
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Radha Paudel
- Radha Paudel is a humanitarian social activist born 29 December 1973 in Chitwan, Nepal.
- Her main goals are to empower people living in poor districts of Nepal, organizing health services and human aid.
- She is a strong advocate against discrimination, especially of women.
- She opposes not only the traditional use of Chaupadi Goths but also social practises that limit women's activities during menstruation in urban areas.She is a nurse by profession, having specialized in anaesthesiology.
- She has a Bachelor in Community Health Nursing (2000), a Master in Health Education (2001) and a Master in Sociology (2003), all from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
- After having worked at Bharatpur Hospital, in 2001 she took a position in Jumla , where her father had worked.
- The area was remote and needed development.
- She ran a safe motherhood project.
- However, in 2002 it was severely struck by a Maoist attack she barely survived.
- In 2010 she got a Master in Development Management from Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Manila, Philippines.She is the founder of Action Works Nepal and served as the first president during 2010-2015.
- Action Works Nepal aims to improve the livelihood of communities through innovative humanitarian, educational, and vocational empowerment programs.
- In 2012 she received the N-Peace award as role model for peace.
- In 2014 she received the Madan Literature Prize for her book Khalangama Hamala.
- She was awarded NRs 200,000 and became the third woman to get the award, after Parijat and Jhamak Kumari Ghimire.
- The book has been translated to English and published in 2016 with the title Jumla: A Nurse's Story.In 2016 she founded the Radha Paudel Foundation.
- The organisation focuses on rural transformation, opposing discrimination of menstruating women and rape and violence against women.
- It also addresses citizenship rights for women and supports campaigns against child marriage.
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