The Symposium on the “Nepali Women on Top of the World" on 30th August 2023 for Women Empowerment

Project date: 30th Aug 2023
Location: Kathmandu

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Nepal’s First Female Everest Climber, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, Pasang Lhamu Foundation & Alex Lowe Foundation organize a symposium on Nepali Women on Top of the World with renowned mountaineers; Ms. Dawa Yangjum Sherpa, Nepal’s First Female Mountaineer who has climbed 12 mountains higher than 8,000 meters in the world and Nepal’s First International Female Mountain Guide, and Mr. Conrad Anker , president of the Alex Lowai Foundation, who has been involved in the mountaineering field for a long time and has climbed various mountains.

In the symposium, the various kinds of challenges and opportunities for women in the field of mountaineering and to be at the top of the world as female and Nepali citizens were discussed, as well as how the Alex Lowe Foundation has emphasized increasing the participation of women in the climbing training conducted through the Khumbu Climbing Club.

Encouragement to increase of women in adventure