A narrative inquiry of women's lives in Mugu, Nepal: identities, power relations and education.

Other voices have been interwoven with the women’s stories and presented as a multi-layered narrative; these include the local expressive tradition of 'deuda' singing, interviews with educational stakeholders, and reflexive journaling. In keeping with narrative inquiry approaches. I use a more personal voice to reflect on concerns about power dynamics and ethical challenges involved in the research process.

Issues of representation, as well as struggles relating to voice and positionality, are at the core of the study and reflexively considered throughout. By using a narrative inquiry approach; taking a postcolonial feminist perspective; and applying an intersectional analysis, this study refuses to rely on essentialist and homogenising constructions of women. It attempts to be an example of ethical and respectful research and claims to increase understanding of how identities, power relations and education intersect in women's lives in Mugu, Nepal.<br>