Prize for Women's Creativity in Rural Life
Her project supports the following SDGs:
What are the SDGs?
The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity while protecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection.
She shows other rural women to become independent
Bikrani loved the traditional weaving she saw the grandmothers in her Tharu community doing. Through her active engagement in ethnic handicrafts, she has directly fostered sustainable rural development, female empowerment, and local economic resilience.
Ms. Chaudary belongs to the indigenous Tharu community, where she leads a dedicated group of women artisans through her registered enterprise, Patalganga Hastakala Samagri Udhyami Samuha Udhyag. It is also one of the first registered handicrafts entities in the kind of weaving she does. Itched with her roots, Bikrani is in the forefront of the group in networking, partnerships and taking orders to engage her community members in the craftsmanship. She also takes the lead in designing, creating the samples for any new designs, not limiting to the traditional weaving. She has assimilated the traditional weaving mechanism into her technique which makes it effective in production and has good economic value as well.
Besides this, she is an active member of her local Community Forest User Group. She sustainably sources eco-friendly, raw materials locally, directly aligning her work with environmental preservation, biodiversity, and the core values of the WWSF. Additionally, as an active leader within local mothers' groups and saving cooperatives, she generously transfers her craft skills to other rural women. She champions literacy and motivates them to start their own income-generating activities as she teaches them how to weave the handicraft items. In leading by example and mentoring the youth, she preserves ancient indigenous knowledge while driving sustainable livelihoods.
She also helps women in her community when they have struggles with their weaving and has become the bridge between her village and the market. In 2025, she was the highest-earning graduate from Kopila Valley Women's Center - Training program, selling products worth NPR 80'000 (522 US$). This shows other rural women that they can become independent too.