# Mohna Ansari

_Human rights activist_

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Last updated: 2026-10-12

> Mohna Ansari is a member of National Human Rights Commission of Nepal. She was appointed to this position in October 2014. She is a well-known rights activist, and Nepal's only female attorney from the Muslim community.
She worked as a commissioner at the National Women Commission (NWC) of Nepal between 2010 and 2014. She then worked as the Senior Advisor of IDEA International.

## Quick facts

- **Place of birth:** Nepalgunj ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28829090#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28829090#P27))
- **Occupation:** human rights defender ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28829090#P106))
- **Education:** Tribhuvan University ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28829090#P69))

## Questions

**Where did Mohna Ansari study?**  
Mohna Ansari was educated at Tribhuvan University.

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- [Nepalgunj](https://diginpl.com/places/nepalgunj)
- [Tribhuvan University](https://diginpl.com/places/tribhuvan-university)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Mohna Ansari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohna_Ansari) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): मोहना अन्सारी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q28829090](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28829090) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Mohna Ansari.jpg by Iprav33n (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohna_Ansari.jpg)

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"Mohna Ansari". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mohna-ansari. Retrieved 21 October 2026.