Ms. Sharu Joshi Shrestha has been working in the field of Gender and Development for more than 25 years especially with the Government of Nepal and the UN agencies. Since 2018, she is working independently towards empowering Youth. One of her notable contributions are on the development of Foreign Labour Migration related laws and policies and promoting the rights of women migrant workers and their families. Recently, she has been supporting Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security and Foreign Employment Board for developing Ms. Joshi has coordinated UN Women's Asia Pacific and Arab Sates Regional Program on “Empowering Women Migrant Workers” from 2002- 2016. One of her most recent works is leading a study on “Social Cost of Foreign Labour Migration” for Foreign Employment Promotion Board. She is also an author of a book named “Euta Sinko Bhachi Herada” (A small bit from my side).