The recent award follows another achievement in 2008 when she received Gruber Foundation’s Gruber Women Rights Prize, in which she shared $ 500,000 worth award with two other recipients. Former president of Forum for Women, Law and Development and former member of Constituent Assembly, Sapana got the latest recognition for “being a driving force behind the passage of the Human Trafficking Act which has become a model for the region.”[break]
This event is not just an opportunity to connect the inequality and injustice of women with the people from various parts of the world but also to recognize our collective effort to bring strong anti-human trafficking law, says Sapana. “Insensitive intelligentsia, non-responsive state behavior and failing rule of law both at national and international level are the most serious threats to combat human trafficking.”
“We need to say and practice loudly that human’s human right and humanity is not on sale,” she says confidently. “Now, we all need to work to put law into place for its meaningful realization.”
Sapana, which means dream in Nepali, seems to be making her all out efforts to fulfill dreams of many Nepalese women who have faced discrimination on various forms. And, the latest recognition must have definitel
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