1. Radha Paudel is a Nepalese nurse, activist and writer.
20 Facts About Radha Paudel
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Radha Paudel won the Madan Puraskar for her memoir Khalangama Hamala.
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Radha Paudel has actively worked for raising awareness related to various women-related issues.
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Radha Paudel was born on 29 December 1973 in Mangalpur village in Chitwan district of Nepal to mother Ganga Maya Poudel and father Devi Prasad Paudel, and raised in Gauriganj, Chitwan.
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Radha Paudel put the fire on the pyre of her mother's dead body in 2009.
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Radha Paudel declared to donate her eyes in 1999 and her body to medical schools in 2016.
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Radha Paudel has survived years of menstrual restriction, abuse, violences and war.
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Radha Paudel dedicates her time to be a voice for those who have been silenced their entire lives, especially young girls and women in Nepal.
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Radha Paudel employs the three E's visibly through her work.
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Radha Paudel used the issues she faced personally to help others that are going through similar experiences.
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Radha Paudel worked with more than dozens of organizations as a lead, founder, executives, advisor.
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Radha Paudel pioneered the movement for Dignified Menstruation.
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Radha Paudel was a Staff Nurse in Pokhara, Nepal as well as a Nurse specializing in Anaesthesiology.
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Radha Paudel worked 24-hour shifts for four years as an anaesthetic nurse, one out of the five total anaesthetic nurses at the time.
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Radha Paudel received a Bachelor in Community Health Nursing, a Master in Health Education and a Master in Sociology, all from Tribhuvan University in Nepal.
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Radha Paudel wrote Shanti Ka Pailaharu, a poetry book as well as Dignified Menstruation is Everyone's Business, a book about the dozens of inhumane practices followed while menstruating.
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Radha Paudel dedicated another towards Dignified Menstruation titled Apbaitra Ragat.
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Radha Paudel has written opinion based editorials in national mainstream newspapers and continues to contribute to international books.
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Radha Paudel received the Madan Literature Prize for her book Khalangama Hamala, in which she was the third woman to attain the award.
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Radha Paudel received the Youth Innovation award 2014 from the Nepali Government.