Durga Sob

Durga Sob (दुर्गा सोब in Nepali, born July 3, 1966) is a Nepalese feminist activist and politician. Sob also identifies as a Dalit and is the founder of the Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) in Nepal. Sob works as a human rights activist in the country and is associated with Nepal Socialist Party.

Biography Durga Sob was born on July 3, 1966. She grew up in Silgadi, in western Nepal where she faced discrimination for being a Dalit. Her family was polygamous, with her father having two wives and several children, though many of Sob's siblings died in childhood.

When Sob was 19, she moved to Kathmandu and worked for ActionAid and later met Robin Morgan who encouraged her to start an organization to help Dalit women. Sob led an Asia Dalit Rights Forum in Kathmandu in 2014. The forum included activists from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and members decided to work together to end discrimination.