Sapana Pradhan-Malla was born in November 1963. As a practising lawyer before the Supreme Court, she has been an advocate for the rights of Nepali women in several landmark cases. She is a founding member of the Forum for Women, Law & Development (FWLD) ( Mahila, Kanun tatha Bikas Manch) , Legal Aid Consultancy Centre (LACC), Lalitpur, and of the Public Interest Litigation Forum (Pro Public), non-government organisations. She has published extensively on the legal status of women in Nepal. Since 2008, she has been a member of Nepal’s Constituent Assembly. She has been awarded the 2008 Gruber Foundation Women’s Rights Prize alongside two other activists from other countries for advancing gender activities.
