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Organizational Structure
Executive Board
Mr. Gauri Pradhan
Founder
Phone: +977 -01-5382255
Email: cwin1978@gmail.com
Gauri Pradhan (Nepali: गौरी प्रधान) is a prominent social activist and human rights defender in Nepal as well as in South Asia. He is the founding President of a number of national institutes including a pioneer child rights organization Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN-Nepal) established in 1987. For his work on child rights and human rights in Nepal he has been conferred with a number of national and international honors including the UNICEF Global Leadership on the Rights of the Child in 2000 along with Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa. Gauri Pradhan also served as a Commissioner and Spokesperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), a constitutional organ of Nepal, from 2007-2013. Similarly, he served as Global Coordinator in LDC Watch from 2015 to 2018. Today, he is active as an Executive Director of PHECT Nepal, which is a not-for-profit, national level non-government organization committed to improving the health sector in Nepal.
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Mr. Madhav Pradhan
Chairperson
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– Child Rights Expert
Mr. Pradhan has been associated with CWIN since 1991 and has worked through the years for the promotion and protection of children at risk. Mr. Pradhan is also the Chairperson of Children as zones of peace – National Alliance (CZOPP) and MenEngage Alliance.
Ed: Masters in Business Administration
Ms. Sumitra Joshi
Vice Chairman
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– Women’s Rights Expert and Founding associate of CWIN-Nepal.
Ms. Joshi is a women’s rights defender and has been working in Nepal Bank Ltd. For the past 25 years. Ed: Masters in Commerce
Ms. Sireen Tamrakar
Treasurer
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Ms. Sireen Tamrakar holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Business Administration (Marketing & Finance) from Westminster College, USA, with an additional Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from the University of East Anglia, UK. She is the Managing Director at Shree Vairab Jewelry and has previous experience in marketing at TD Ameritrade and project analysis at Humanity for Children. Ms. Tamrakar is also an active community volunteer, contributing to disaster relief efforts in Nepal and working on cybercrime awareness campaigns with CWIN.
Mr. Tanka Limbu
Secretary
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– Anthropologist
Mr. Limbu has done a number of researches and teaches Medical Anthropology at Tribhuwan University. He is also associated with Friends for Peace. Ed: Masters in Anthropology
Prof. Dr. Govind Subedi
General Secretary
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– Research Expert
Prof. Subedi is a well-known expert in labour research and has carried out national research studies for ILO and the government of Nepal.