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Gail Marzetti/ Pukar Malla

Marzetti is Head of DFID, Nepal and Malla is founder and Executive Director, Daayitwa
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Championing their cause

Published On: March 8, 2017 12:13 PM NPT By: Gail Marzetti/ Pukar Malla

In Surkhet, we recently met ‘Sita,’ a young woman running a successful printing business, one that she has established and grown, overcoming numerous obstacles in the process. She shared a story about going to sell a piece of her own land and transfer ownership, when a local official asked her for her husband’s approval and was clearly worried about what she might do with the money. He asked her if she drank alcohol. When she bought more land with the money, the man selling it to her was not submitted to a similar barrage of questions and doubt. Despite good laws for promoting women’s economic empowerment, implementing them and changing perceptions and behaviors remains a challenge.

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