Multi-Discipline

Janakpur Women’s Development Center

Booth 7

The Janakpur Women’s Development Center is a female-run NGO based in Kuwa in southeastern Nepal.

Its mission is to promote Mithila arts and to economically empower Maithil women through art and crafts. Currently, the center employs 40 women, who produce fine art, screen prints, embroidery, ceramics and papier mâché crafts. Manjula Thakur is manager of the painting section.