What is it all about?

Celebrating Womanhood Navadevi Awards is the only awards for Nepali women that recognizes and honors real life heroines who represent all sectors of society from different regions of the country. It was established in 2002 by Creative Statements (CS).

Celebrating Womanhood 2011

View the Celebrating Womanhood 2011 Awardees.

Celebrating Womanhood Navadevi Awards was established in 2002 by Creative Statements and is the only awards for Nepali women that recognizes and honors real life female heroes who represent all sectors of society. Celebrating Womanhood is an endeavor to honor and promote women who have risen above social and cultural practices overcoming barriers to achieve a breakthrough in their field of work.

The recipients are selected from all over Nepal on the basis of their sincerity, commitment, dedication and passion towards their work and for the positive impacts they have made. Celebrating Womanhood believes that these women are the actual forerunners of progress and empowerment, capable and deserving of representing issues of concern at national and international levels. Celebrating Womanhood further believes in progressive partnerships between men and women.

Over the past nine years 85 Nepali and 6 South Asian women have been honored with the Celebrating Womanhood recognition. In addition special mentions to 3 women and 3 men have been presented for their contribution and support to women issues. Celebrating Womanhood successfully held its seventh national and the first ever South Asian Region Recognition in October 2008.