Strength TogetHER 17 (Jumla)

26th February, 2022. We conducted our 9th session for Strength TogetHER Cohort 17 on the topic, “Gender Stereotype” at Jumla in partnership with ZONTA Club of Kathmandu. Zonta Club is a legally registered NGO that has been working on the advancement of the women with the objective to improve the economy, health and issues related to youth and violence against women. Our moderator for the day was Mrs. Soni Joshi.  Mrs. Soni Joshi is a member of ZONTA. She is a  gender specialist, and educationalist who has been working for 30 plus years.  We started our session with the moderator's story. She shared that her mother passed away while she was pregnant, and was not allowed to pay her last respect. She was told it would be bad luck, and not good for her and her baby to touch, or be around the deceased. She was not happy with this and complained to her father. As her father had always been supportive of her, he supported her then as well and told her to do what she thinks is the right th

19th February, 2022. We conducted a virtual session on the topic, “Small things that makes me happy” at Jumla partnering with the Zonta Club of Kathmandu. Zonta Club is a legally registered NGO that has been working for the advancement of the status of women with the objective to improve the economy, eudcation, health and issues related to youth and violence against women. The session was moderated by Mrs. Dolma Lama who is a teacher and Media coordinator in Brihaspati VidyaSadan. She is also a secretary of the sports and environment commission of the Nepal Olympic Committee. She has moderated multiple sessions conducted by Lokopakar.  We started the session with a light introduction from our moderator. She shared that she is someone who feels happy with small things. And, meeting new people, walking in the park, etc makes her happy, and she is good at finding happiness in small moments as well.  One of the participants shared that her father had bought her a jacket when she was 10 yea