Dr. Sahana Reddy, Associate Professor of MLS, Bangalore participated as a speaker in Lawasia Conference held at Kathmandu in Nepal on 17.2.2025. She presented on “Women’s Rights in Digital Age: From Privacy and Data Protection Perspective”.

The conference had Rt. Hon. Ramchandra Poudel, the President of Nepal Government, as the Chief Guest, and Rt. Hon. Prakash Man Singh Raut, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal, as the Special Guest.

At the behest of the President of Nepal, with the expertise and inputs of the distinguished speakers representing 20 countries from all around the world, the conference adopted an International Legal Framework called - Kathmandu Declaration on Human Rights, Environmental Protection and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Region adopted at the 5th Lawasia International Human Rights Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on 17 February 2025.