Apsara Chapagain News Today

Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Shalikram Jamkattel has expanded the provincial council of ministers.

That's the takeaway from a pioneering 30-year scheme that has elevated women to the top of Nepal's community forests - and paved their way into local and national politics. Three decades of picking women for leadership roles has produced healthier forests and happier workers, according to Nabaraj Pudasaini, joint secretary of the government's Department of Forest and Soil Conservation.