Hisila Yami
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Hisila Yami, alias Parvati (born June 25, 1959 in Gorkha District), is a Nepalese politician and architect. She is a politburo member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and a former president of the All Nepal Womens Association (Revolutionary).
Yami graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi, India, in 1982.
During the 1990 uprising against the panchayat regime, Yami was one of the most high-profile women leaders in the protests.
After going underground, she made her first public appearance on June 18, 2003, during the then ongoing peace negotiations between the government and the Maoists.[1]
In early 2005 she was, along with Bhattarai and Dina Nath Sharma, demoted by the party leadership. In July she was reinstated into the politburo.
On April 1, 2007 Hisila Yami joined the interim government of Nepal as Minister of Physical Planning and Work. [2] Following a Maoist boycott of the government from September to December 2007, Yami was again sworn in as Minister of Physical Planning on December 31, 2007.[1]
Yami is married to fellow Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. Her sister, Timila Yami, is CEO of Design Co. Pvt. Ltd.
[edit] Bibliography
- Yami, Hisila and Bhattarai, Baburam, Marxbad ra mahila mukti. Kathmandu: Utprerak Prakashan, 2000.
- Hisila Yami (comrade Parvati) Peoples War and Women's Liberation in Nepal - Purvaiya Prakashan, Raipur, Chhattishgarth, India 2006
[edit] References
- ^ "Nepal swears in Maoist ministers", Al Jazeera, December 31, 2007.
