Nepal’s Women Trekking Guides

Posted on March | 28th | 2008

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I have written about Trekking 4 Women - a New Zealand site where Anne Young organises treks for women in Nepal and Africa.Today I came across this site where three Nepalese sisters Lucky, Dicky and Nicky Chhetri, are pioneers in the field of female trekking guides. Since 1994, they have worked towards empowering women in Nepal.

In the early ninety’s no one would have dreamed of a Nepalese women guiding a trek. Nepalese society is ruled by the Orthodox Hindu religion where women are considered second-class citizens. Their role is to be a diligent wife, a loving mother, and an obedient daughter-in-law. Society dictates that a woman should not cross out of her home threshold. But the Chhetri sisters did just that.

Sisters are doing it for themselves - fantastic!

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