Sharmila Thapa is a Nepali nurse and activist working for single mothers and against domestic violence.
Thapa is an activist who speaks out against gender based violence,[1] something she experienced herself prior to her divorce.
[3] She also founded Samida Women Development Forum, an organization working for single mothers.
[3] The forum has provided scholarships for 86 children of single mothers from various part of Nepal.
[4] Thapa herself is a single mother of a son and an adopted daughter.