Purna Shova Chitrakar
Purna Shova Chitrakar | |
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.jpg) Chitrakar at the 4MSP mobilisation workshop, 2013 | |
| Nationality | Nepalese |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, Writer |
| Known for | N-Peace Award recipient |
| Spouse | Surendra Pandey |
Purna Shova Chitrakar is an activist, columnist, writer, Nepalese founder of Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL), and recipient of the N-Peace Award in 2011.[1]
In 1995 Chitrakar founded Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL) to ban on the use, production, transfer and stockpile of landmines.[2] She is the author of the paper Mine-risk Education in Nepal, 2009[3]and Aadha Akash. She has had her articles on mine action, politics and social discourses published in various weekly and bi-monthly newspapers. In 2011 Chitrakar was one of inaugural recipients of the N-Peace Award. The same year Nepal was declared free of landmine fields.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Purna Shova Chitrakar". N-PEACE. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Purna Shova Chitrakar". Changemakers. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ Chitraker, Purna Shova (2009). "Mine-risk Education in Nepal, 2009". The Journal of ERW and Mine Action. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Asian women peace advocates receive awards for their leadership". UNDP. Retrieved 12 September 2020.