Dignity Award 2023 Recipients
First Dignity Award 2023 is presented to Sanjiv Karki for your relentless writing on Dalit issues to end the discrimination and untouchability in Nepali society.
पहिलो आत्मसम्मान Dignity Award पुरस्कार २०२३ द्वारा सम्मानित सञ्जीव कार्कीले नेपालमा छुवाछूत र जातीय विभेदका बिरुद्द सशक्त कलम चलाउँदै आउनु भएको छ । कार्की दलित चेतना निर्माण र स्वास्थ्य शिक्षाको आन्दोलनमा एक दशकभन्दा अघिदेखि सक्रिय हुनुहुन्छ । साथै,हाल उहाँ त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय, कीर्तिपुरमा एम.फिल- पिएच.डी. अनुसन्धाता हुनुहुन्छ ।
First Dignity Award 2023 is presented to Ram Kumari Das for your dedication on securing Dalit rights to end the discrimination and untouchability as well as against gender-based violence in Nepali society.
पहिलो आत्मसम्मान Dignity Award पुरस्कार २०२३ द्वारा सम्मानित सिराहा जिल्लाको लाहान नगरपालिका वडा-१५ सदस्य एवं सामाजिक अभियन्ता राम कुमारी दास जातीय तथा लैंगिक विभेद बिरुद्ध संघर्षरत नारी नेत्री हुनुहुन्छ । उहाँ आफै बालबिबाह गर्न बाध्य पारिएकी, घरेलु हिंशाबाट पिडित एक महिला र दलित समुदायकि सदस्य भएर भोग्नु परेको जातीय विभेद र अन्यायको बिरुद्ध अन्य दलित, बालबालिका र महिलाहरुले भोग्नु नपरोस भनेर संघर्षरत रहँदै आउनु भएको छ ।
About Dignity Award
आत्मसम्मान Dignity Award is established by The Bishnu Maya Pariyar Foundation to encourage and applaud the tireless works of individuals to end the caste and gender-based discriminations. The award will also recognize the courage and willingness to end untouchability in our society.
The Bishnu Maya Pariyar Foundation's mission is to create a society where each member of our society should be able to live with dignity. The Foundation believes in equitable society where everyone is treated equal and can achieve financial freedom.
The Foundation's founder is Dr. Bishnu Maya Pariyar, an award winning scholar, prolific social entrepreneur, and one of the most admired Nepali-American personalities. Her life-long passion to work for the upliftment of so-called Dalit or untouchable and marginalized people in Nepal has brought profound change in the community. Dr. Pariyar believes that nothing is impossible if you’re determined to overcome or achieve.
Dr. Pariyar is founding President of ADWAN (Association for Dalit Women's Advancement of Nepal), a rights-based Nepali organization which has supported more than 25,000 children and more than 125,000 Dalit and marginalized women and their family members in Nepal since 1998.
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