Bhawana Shrestha

The Echidna Global Scholars Program at the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at Brookings seeks to catalyze and amplify the impact of local leaders working to advance gender equality in and through education across the Global South.

During a six-month fellowship, I as Echidna Global Scholar will conduct individual research focused on emotional literacy among female teachers to improve learning opportunities and life outcomes for girls, young women, and gender non-conforming people, develop their leadership and evidence-based policy skills, build substantive knowledge on gender and global education issues, and expand their pathways for impact. Upon completion of the fellowship, I will be transitioning to the Echidna Alumni Network, a growing community of practice aimed at promoting their significant, sustained, and collective influence on gender-transformative education globally and locally.

Since its inception in 2012, the Echidna Global Scholars Program has hosted ten cohorts of fellows and currently supports an alumni network of 33 scholars from 20 different countries.

Education

• Intermediate in Humanities Vishwa Adarsha Higher Secondary School (2005 — 2008)
• School Leaving Certificate (S.L.C) Pathibhara English Boarding School (1994 — 2005)
• School Leaving Certificate Pathibhara English Boarding School

Companies

• Visiting Research Fellow The Brookings Institution (2022)
• Certified Empathic Intervision Facilitator Empathic Intervision (2022)
• Co-Founder My Emotions Matter (2018)
• Assistant Professor/ Team Lead Office of Safe and Respectable Learning (OSRL) King's College (2016)
• Educational Consultant UNICEF (2021 — 2021)
• International Teacher Ambassador Empathy Week (2020 — 2021)
• Leading from Lived Experience Fellow Teach For All (2019 — 2020)
• Co-Founder/Mentor Mentorship Pathway (2016 — 2018)
• Global Youth Ambassador A World at School (2014 — 2016)