Jaya Luintel

Jaya Luintel is a Nepali journalist.[1][2]

Biography

Luintel completed a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology.[3] She began her career in 1999, working at Radio Sagarmatha in Kathmandu, Nepal.[4] In 2002 she launched the station's first show focusing on gender issues.[5] In 2012, Luintel co-founded The Story Kitchen, an organisation which trains women who were victims of Nepal's civil war to be reporters.[2]

In 2014 she was named an Asia Foundation Development Fellow,[4] and she was also recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2014.[6] The same year, she organised Nepal's first national conference for women in radio broadcasting.[1]

In 2010-2011 Luintel held a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University.[3]

References
  1. Team, WNN Editors (2014-03-10). "A Conversation with Nepali Journalist, Women's Rights Advocate Jaya Luintel". Woman News Network (WNN). Retrieved 2021-07-03. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. "Light in the Darkness: "The Story Kitchen" Turns Victims into Reporters in Nepal". International Center for Transitional Justice. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. "Jaya Luintel". The Asia Foundation. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. "Jaya Luintel | AsiaRadioToday.com". www.asiaradiotoday.com. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  5. "A Conversation with Nepali Journalist, Women's Rights Advocate Jaya Luintel". The Asia Foundation. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  6. "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC News. 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
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