I am Bimala Rai Paudyal, a Nepalese woman working in the field of social development and community forestry since a decade at various capacities. I have done PhD in Development Studies from Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and currently working as Social Development and Livelihoods Advisor for Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP) which is a bilateral forestry programme between the government of Nepal and DFID UK.