Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Kathmandu, Bāgmatī, Nepal

  • Digital Communications Specialist

    • Mar 2019 - Present
    • Kathmandu, Bāgmatī, Nepal

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  NCD Alliance

  • Senior Digital Content Editor

    • Sep 2017 - Mar 2019

    I was part of the team that creates and edits content for the online channels of this global public health alliance. These include the website (ncdalliance.org) and NCDA's Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. I also managed the editorial calendar and drafted the weekly e-newsletter.

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  UNDP

  • Bureau of Development Policy, New York

  • Development Writer / Editor

    • Mar 2014 - Mar 2018
    • Bureau of Development Policy, New York

    From 2015 to 2016 I was on the roster of development writers / editors for the UNDP's Bureau of Development Policy. My work included the copy-editing of this monograph for UNDP Singapore - http://bit.ly/2jU0lFM. In 2016 I extended my Long-term agreement (LTA) for this role.

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  Framework Convention Alliance (for tobacco control)

  • Toronto

  • Communications Manager

    • Jul 2010 - Nov 2016
    • Toronto

    I planned, managed and delivered external communications for a global public health alliance of nearly 500 member organizations.Achieved: Boosted the organization’s visibility by creating a social media strategy and launching Twitter and YouTube accounts, revising the website and re-launching an online newsletter; By assembling a team from members, saved $10,000 on communications at a biennial conference; Improved internal communications by revising listservs, shelving the intranet, and launching a monthly calendar for members.

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  UNICEF, Regional Office South Asia

  • Communications consultant

    • Oct 2009 - May 2010

    Ongoing development of the website; writing of factsheets, talking points, media-friendly summaries of reports; communications advice for regional advisors.Achieved: Managed media relations during a high profile, month-long project across Nepal to release former Maoist combatants. Was then hired to create the communications plan for the next phase, and to provide communications advice to management.

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  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nepal

  • Kathmandu

  • Spokesperson

    • Feb 2007 - Jun 2009
    • Kathmandu

    Managed a team of local and international staff that provided media relations and developed and distributed human rights information in various materials.Achieved: Maintained relationships with various stakeholders who had strong demands on the Office during a period when there was serious opposition to its presence in Nepal. The Office’s mandate was subsequently renewed.

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  Inter Press Service

  • Nepal

  • Correspondent, Nepal

    • Jan 2005 - Feb 2007
    • Nepal

    Achieved: As a correspondent for IPS news (ipsnews.net) during the People’s Revolt and Maoist uprising, I provided an alternative perspective, reporting on events through the lenses of human rights, gender and development.

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  Various

  • Reporter/editor

    • Jan 1991 - Feb 2007

    Working for media ranging from community newspapers to Reuters news agency I reported on edited on various topics, specialising in Indigenous Peoples, human rights and development

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  Nepali Times

  • Desk editor, contributor

    • Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

    Worked with a staff of five editing and copy editing original material; also reported on politics and social issues, and took photos.

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  Inter Press Service (IPS) Montreal

  • Regional editor

    • Jul 2002 - Dec 2004

    Managed a team of full-time correspondents and stringers; planned and delivered daily coverage in North America and the Caribbean. Also reported on Canadian and Indigenous People's issues and provided analyses of major events.

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  Reuters news agency

  • Online Reporter

    • Aug 2000 - Aug 2001

    Covered issues outside Reuters' traditional business focus, including culture, entertainment and crime. Filed 2-3 stories a day.

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  Canadian International Development Agency

  • Consultant

    • Aug 1999 - Jul 2000

    Worked as a liaison between CIDA'S Southeast Asia Fund for Institutional and Legal Development (SEAFILD) and NGOs in Malaysia, primarily in developing project proposals.

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  CECI/Aidcom

  • Communications specialist

    • Jul 1997 - Jun 1999

    As a volunteer, worked with local NGO Aidcom to deliver training to journalists from around Southeast Asia on issues including human rights, environment, the Internet. Achieved Drafted the text of two guides for journalists on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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  The Canadian Press

  • Ottawa, Parliament Hill bureau

  • Writer / Editor

    • Jun 1995 - Jun 1997
    • Ottawa, Parliament Hill bureau

    As weekend Writer / Editor I was responsible for coverage of all political events that occurred in the nation's capital.