Choosing to Thrive in a Male-Dominated Profession
"I looked with envy at my engineer brother carrying these fancy tools in his back bag and I was only carrying a dhoko (= a basket for carrying rice). That's when I decided to become an engineer too", says Saraswati Kumari Joshi, a 23 year-old sub-engineer, when asked why she decided to become an engineer. It is not a common sight to see women engineers in Nepal, especially in the more traditional Far Western parts of Nepal, but at the RVWRMP Survey Training for Intern Sub-Eng
