Ms. Dechen Hyolmo Lama (LL.B graduate) is a first female Hyolmo *Lawyer who is passionate about Women’s Human Right and Gender Equality. She is an International Visitors Leadership program (IVLP) alumnus. Currently she is working in a human rights project that aims to promote and protect the human rights situation at the local level. She is a Human Rights Lawyer and an activist of citizenship rights, especially the independent identity of women who have not been able to confer citizenship to their spouse and children as that of men. She along with other lawyers filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of Nepal regarding the birth registration right of the children through single mothers. She has been engaged in various studies and research works regarding citizenship and legal identity in Nepal. She can be reached at dechenlama23@gmail.com.
*Hyolmo is an ethnic marginalized community of Nepal