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Anuradha Koirala was born on 14 April 1949. She was born as the first child to Colonel Pratap Singh Gurung and Laxmi Gurung. She belonged to an educated family and therefore, pursued her education at St. Joseph Convent School. She says, mother and sister in her school motivated to do social work and regards Mother Teresa as her huge inspiration. She spent her 20 years teaching in schools in Kathmandu.

Ms. Koirala was married at a very young age. But, her relationship did not work well as she suffered from domestic abuse from her husband. She believed the domestic abuse was the sole reason she had to miscarry her baby three times. She felt hopeless and tortured each time. So, She left her husband. She had nowhere to go. The only place where a woman, in that situation, thinks to go is "Maiti". But unfortunately, some women are even thrown out from Maiti. That's when Anuradha felt a need for an organization that would support and shelter those women.

It was April 1993, Anuradha Koirala started "Maiti Nepal" in a small house in Kathmandu with her own savings Maiti Nepal refers to "Mother's home". With aim of empowering women and saving them from Domestic violence and trafficking, Maiti Nepal was born. Koirala, with her own income, initially started up the organization and helped eight women, who were victims of domestic violence, open their own shop and be independent. The network grew and UNICEF decided to support the organization. This is how Maiti Nepal grew from small house organizations to multi-network/branch organizations.

Maiti Nepal now has various branches and a wide range of services. Its vision is a society free of sexual and other types of exploitation against children and women. It has been actively working on making their vision/goal come true. It is conducting various activities including social awareness, counseling, participation, skill development, women empowerment, etc. It saves girls from being trafficked and also saves trafficked girls from brothels in India. After saving them, as they are not accepted in their own dogmatic society, Maiti Nepal shelters them and counsel them, give them new life.

Koirala says, her organization has been giving an impact on society and she's happy to bring some change in the society from her side. She also says her happiest day will be when Maiti Nepal ceases its existence as it will be the day, society will be free from human trafficking and domestic violence.

Anuradha Koirala has been awarded 38 national and international awards for her contribution to society. Some of the best awards she received include Best Social Worker of the Year Award in 1998, Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu Medal (Nepal) in 1999, Trishakti Patta Award in 2002, The courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey Foundation in 2006, German UNIFEM Prize in 2007, Queen Sofia Silver Medal Award in 2007, CNN Hero Award in 2010, Mother Teresa Awards in 2014 and Padma Shri in April 2017.