Adhikaar in the News

An article about Adhikaar's community research project was published by Times Ledger on April 12, 2007.

Group to survey boro Nepalis By Adam Pincus

Luna Ranjit, the president for the group Adhikaar, said it was launching the survey because Nepalis are missing out on social services since there is no accurate data on their population in the region.

"To be able to effectively address the problems we want a better understanding of exactly what is happening in the community," she said.

Adhikaar, located at 30-18 37th Ave., is beginning the "Jankari research project" Friday and hopes to have the results by early 2008.

Adhikaar, which means "rights," was founded by Nepali women 1 years ago to increase services for Nepalis in New York, who have been overlooked beside the much larger Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani, among other, communities.

There are an estimated 25,000 Nepalis living in Queens with the greatest concentration in Jackson Heights, Sunnyside and Ridgewood, she said. More than 60 percent of the population is estimated to be men.

The entire article can be found here.