User:Menuka Thapa

MENUKA THAPA (मेनुका थापा)-She is a founder and President of an NGO,Raksha Nepal.www.rakshanepal.org. Raksha Nepal is a brainchild of Ms. Menuka Thapa, who held from the remote village of Kavre district and witnessed many kinds of maltreatment, misbehave and exploitation of female workers in the entertainment and hospitality sector during her profession as a singer in Gajal and Dohari Restaurants for six years. (1998-2004). The situation got worsened during the decade long conflict in Nepal,(1996-2006). Thousands of ignorant adolescent girls were compelled to leave their home village and migrate to big cities like Kathmandu for safety and livelihood. Due to the lack of income and employment opportunities they had to get on to indecent jobs in the entertainment sector, where there is coercion, exploitation and abuse. She could not tolerate such coercive and abusive situation, and at the age of 21 came out with an idea to gather and unite women friends and colleagues of similar age and establish social organization giving name of Raksha Nepal in 2004. The literal meaning of 'Raksha' is "PROTECTION''. Therefore, Raksha Nepal is dedicated to protect those survivors who are insecure of and vulnerable to sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) at the work place.

Raksha Nepal believes, if a woman is made capable, the whole family will be capable. Therefore, the organization is determined and committed towards the overall welfare of the women involved in compulsive and exploitative sex work so that their daughters would be free from modern day slavery.

MENUKA IS THE REAL SAVIOUR OF NEPALI WOMEN, GIRLS AND CHILDREN WHO IS IN HIGH RISK OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.