Sheela Sharma

Supervisor: Sailaja Krishnamurti
Research interests: women and economic freedom, advocacy for social justice, women and politics, and mental and emotional well-being.

Sushila Sharma (Sheela), a Ph.D. student at Queens University, is originally from Nepal. She has MA in Gender and Social Justice from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. She also has masters in English literature and a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Journalism from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Nepal. She has taught undergraduate courses for seven years at a TU-affiliated college in Nepal. 

She has presented papers at conferences, written Newspaper articles on women, and contributed to short stories and other literary pieces. Involvement in women's activism and advocacy is her ongoing passion. She has been involved in volunteer work assisting all the individuals in need.  She is curious to know how Nepalese women's decision-making and agency over their own income have impacted their mental and emotional well-being.  Sharma's research interests include - women in politics, meaningful participation, justice, gender parity, validation for women labourers in private and public spaces, and advocacy for women's human rights.  She believes in activism for social change; knowledge itself has nothing to do if it does not translate into meaningful action.

Some of her selected papers are as follows: 

• Silver lines in Women's Movements in Nepal: The case of menstruation and pregnancy, ISA, 2023, Montreal, Canada.
• Nepalese women from war to peace: Traversing from "my chair" to "my period". (In)Justice International, World Convention, Mikkeli, Finland, 2023.
• Absence of Economic Freedom: Impact on Nepalese Women's Mental and Emotional Well-Beings, Major Research Paper, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 2022.