OWN It Nepal 2020
On Saturday, February 29, 2020 Women LEAD Nepal will hold OWN IT Nepal, a one-day leadership summit for young women. OWN IT Nepal seeks to bridge the gap between female leaders of the 21st century and the young women who admire them by producing accessible events for young women of all demographics—not just those who can afford to pay their way.
Through OWN IT Nepal, we aim to change the narratives around what it means to be a woman in Nepali society, promote and discuss intersectional feminist values, and ultimately to bring together young women who are eager to change Nepal through art, business, journalism, politics, public service and more.
The first OWN IT Summit was held at Georgetown University in 2014. 2020 OWN IT would mark the summit’s third iteration in Nepal.
Date: Saturday, Feb 29, 2020
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Venue: Ageno: The Hestia, Dhobighat, Lalitpur
OWN IT Nepal 2020 will feature Main Stage Panel discussion titled ‘Women Who Made It Big in 2019’ with Bonita Sharma, Prativa Pandey, Ayasha Shakya, Sonika Manandhar as panelists. The session will be moderated by Avasna Pandey.
Mohna Ansari will be joining OWN IT Nepal 2020 as a panelist for the Main Stage Panel discussion on ‘Women in Leadership and Decision Making’.
Yashoda Timsina will be joining OWN IT Nepal 2020 as a panelist for the Main Stage Panel discussion on ‘Women in Leadership and Decision Making’.
Yashoda Timsina was the former Commissioner at National Information Commission, former Senior Sub-Editor at Nepal Magazine, and former Vice-President at Federation of Nepalese Journalist (FNJ). She has a Master’s in Sociology/Anthropology and Mass Communications, and Bachelor’s in Political Science.
Ayasha Shakya will be joining OWN IT Nepal 2020 as a panelist for the Main Stage Panel discussion on ‘Women Who Made It Big in 2019’.
Jesselina Rana will be mentoring during the Speed Mentoring sessions at OWN IT Nepal 2020!
Jesselina is a lawyer and social entrepreneur. Her areas of interest and experience comprise an amalgamation of gender, human rights and the law. In 2018, she co-founded Pad2Go, a unique social enterprise venture that introduced sanitary napkin vending machines across Nepal. In the short span of a year, Pad2Go has grown from a home-grown startup to an internationally funded company and has installed over 100 machines across 6 out of the 7 provinces of Nepal, in a variety of public spaces such as schools, colleges, hospitals, movie halls, banks, offices and municipal ward offices.
Sonika Manandhar will be joining OWN IT Nepal 2020 as a panelist for the Main Stage Panel discussion on ‘Women Who Made It Big in 2019’.
Sonika Manandhar is co-founder and CTO of Aeloi Technologies, a creator of Green Energy Mobility (GEM) which uses the digital token for automatic fund tracking and detailed impact analysis for emerging market green businesses such as electric mobility.
She, together with her company, has won 6 awards from organizations such as the United Nations Capital Development Fund, Welthungerhilfe and has been named as a Young Champion of the Earth 2019, Asia and the Pacific by United Nations Environment Programme. She holds a degree in computer engineering from Tribhuvan University, was trained in Silicon Valley in Singularity University and Korea Aerospace Research Institute.
Bindu Bhandari will be joining OWN IT Nepal 2020 as a panelist for the panel discussion on ‘Women and Environment’.
Malvika Subba will be mentoring during the Speed Mentoring sessions at OWN IT Nepal 2020.
Malvika Subba has been working in the media sector since 2001. She is a well-known television and media personality, and a public-speaking and personality development trainer. She was Goodwill Ambassador for Child Reach Nepal, Goodwill Ambassador for Care Nepal, Goodwill Ambassador for MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) campaign, Youth Spokesperson for Action Aid’s Hunger Free Campaign and Youth Leader for HIV/AIDS for Asia Pacific Leadership Forum under UNAIDS. She has worked as an editor for two youth magazines. She is a board member at the Himalaya Climate Initiative. Currently, she is involved with Idea Studio Nepal, a not-for-profit organization that helps enable entrepreneurs in Nepal.
Bonita Sharma, Co-Founder and CEO at Social Changemakers and Innovators (SOCHAI) will be joining OWN IT Nepal 2020 as a panelist for the Main Stage Panel discussion on ‘Women Who Made It Big in 2019’.