Shanta Chaudhary

Shanta Chaudhary (Nepali: शान्ता चौधरी) is a social reformer and former member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal as a proportioanl representative from CPN (UML) party.

Chaudhary was a forced child labourer as part of the, now abandoned, Kamalari system.

[3] Chaudhary remained as a servants until she was eighteen, during which time she became active in politics.

[4] In 2008, Chaudhary was chosen to lead the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Means.

[2] Eventually, in 2013, she published a book, Kamlari Dekhi Sabhasad Samma, about her experiences.