Name : HISILA YAMI

Citizen: Nepali

Date of birth: 25 June 1959

Birth place: Kathmandu, Nepal

Father’s name: Late Dharma Ratna Yami, Nepalese freedom fighter during anti Rana movement, State Minister of Forest-1951: Author of  
many books .

Mother’s name: Late Heera Devi Yami, woman activist and Nepalese freedom fighter during anti Rana movement.

Marital status: Married in 1981

Husband : Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the Rt. Honorable Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, August 2011-13

Child: One daughter: Manushi Yami Bhattarai, Secretary of Independent Student Union, Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu, 2009-12

Education:

Master’s of Architecture (Housing), University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 1993-1995

Bachelors of Architecture, School of Plannning and Architecture, New Delhi, India, 1982.

Higher Secondary: Central School, Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur, India 1975

Major training : Training in Urban Area and Development, Kathmandu, 1990 – 1992 .  
International Course on Housing, HABITAT & UNCHS, Indonesia (3 weeks),  
Belgium (1 month), 1993.

General experiences:  

Worked in Centre for Women and Development, 1984

General secretary, All India Nepalese Student’s Association, 1981 – 1982.

Treasurer, Nepal Engineer’s Association, 1985 – 1987.

President, Prerana Mahila Parivar, 1990 – 1992.

Founder member, Mahila Surakshya Davab Samuha (Women Security Pressure Group) 1991

Awards:

‘Best Sports Woman Award’, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India 1980.

‘Woman of the year’ Antar-rashtriya Manch Patrika (International Forum magazine), Nepal 1990.

Figured in ‘Top Ten Women of Nepal’, Bimochan (Monthly Magazine), Nepal 2005

Publications:

Adha Akash Adha Dharti, ed. By Hisila Yami, Sita Sharma, Durga Neupane, Prerana Mahila  
Parivar , 1991. 

Squatter settlement in nepal, editor, Hisila Yami, 1990

Adhikar: Demystification of Law for Nepali Women, Hisila Yami, Sandhya Basnet Bhatta,  
Tulsi Bhatta, Prerana Mahila Parivar, 1993.

Marxbad ra Mahila Mukti, Hisila Yami and Baburam Bhattarai, Utprerak Publication, 2000.
-Second Edition, Two – Line Publication, 2006

People’s War and Women’s Liberation in Nepal, Hisila Yami Purbaiya Publication 2006.
(Translated into Italian, Indian Languages) – Second Edition , Janadhwani Publication, 2007

Janayuddha ra Mahila Mukti, Hisila Yami, Janadhwani Publication, 2006

Hisila: from revolutionary to first lady, Hisila Yami Penguin Books, 2021

Articles Written in Many National and International Magazines.

Countries visited:

India, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Singapor, Netherland, Brussel, Luxumberg, United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iran, Austrlaiia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Vatican city, Hongkong

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