[1] Her life was marked by severe personal trauma; in 1997, at the age of 17, she was brutally tortured and raped by government forces seeking information about her brother, a local Maoist leader.
[1] Despite this, Khadka emerged as a prominent figure in the Maoist movement, eventually becoming a platoon leader and later stepping into her brother's political role after his death in 2002.
[2] Khadka's work has contributed to ongoing discussions in Nepal about transitional justice, and she remains a vocal critic of the failures of the TRC to adequately address the needs of sexual violence survivors.
[3] As she travels around Nepal, listening to stories of wartime rape survivors, and creating a unified voice for justice, she knows that she's poking a hornet's nest.
Tagged with this shameful taboo, Devi battled depression, social ostracism, joined the rebel frontlines, and rose through the ranks, even serving as a member of the parliament when the war ended.