Alina Saba (Limbu)

Alina is an Indigenous feminist belonging to the Limbu Indigenous peoples from Eastern hills of Nepal. In the last ten years, she has worked with various social movements such as climate justice, Indigenous peoples movement, human rights, feminist movements and labour rights focused in Nepal, South East Asia and global level. Her engagements with diverse stakeholders has shaped her intersectional perspectives for Indigenous peoples in policy and decision making. Through her work of advocacy and research in climate justice, she has played a key role in bridging the national Indigenous women´s movement of Nepal to regional and global level. She holds a master’s degree in Politics and Public Policy from the University of Sheffield, UK where she was the Chevning Scholar. She is a board member of National Indigenous Women Forum (NWIF), Nepal. Alina believes in the power of Indigenous knowledge system to stop climate crisis.