Experience

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  Adara Group

  • Kathmandu, Bāgmatī, Nepal

  • Knowledge Sharing Manager

    • Mar 2023 - Present
    • Kathmandu, Bāgmatī, Nepal

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  Shepherd College of Media Technology

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Lecturer

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    • Take stock of Nepal's policy landscape with regard to Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)and deliver lecture on the themes• Provide critical views on portrayal of women in the mass media with regard to the approaches ofmainstreaming women's participation and issues • Supervise students’ research and project works

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  Voice of children

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Senior Participatory Action Researcher

    • Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) is a programme being implemented by a consortium of organisations and led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), to generate a strong evidence base on, and innovative solutions to, the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. The core driver of innovation in this programme is Participatory and Systemic Action Research which combines evidence gathering and learning from action. • Lead and facilitation PAR process – design participatory methods for different stakeholder groups within the broadly defined action research process, facilitation of the research groups and other participatory processes• Participatory tool design– Lead series of trust building meetings, house hold visits, street sites and or work sites using participatory tool • Theory of change – work on generation of Theories of Change and Actions, and potential indicators of success• Monitoring and evaluation - implementation monitoring and assessment of intervention outcomes; regular reporting on the action research and participatory processes in line with the programme’s MEL framework• Team mobilization and management - Management and quality control of a team of participatory facilitators• Stakeholder liaison- Liaison with consortium lead and children’s agency group to ensure that the methodological approach designed is effectively implemented • Learning and sharing- refining actions and developing new actions based on the assessment of the early phase actions; bringing successes into cross action research learning groups with a view to scaling• Risk and need assessment - Assess risks and local mitigation relating to participatory processes, assess support needs (language, support for persons with disabilities etc.) in relation to participatory processes

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  CBM International

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Communication and Documentation Officer

    • Aug 2016 - Dec 2019
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    • Strategic communications – Take the lead in designing and executing communications plans, campaigns and strategies, utilizing all forms of communications and outreach channels including audiovisual materials.• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management – Manage external relations, forming productive partnerships, and building functional rapport with people, projects and opportunities. • Message design, editing, presentation – Write and edit reports, brochures, periodic newsletters, case studies, best practices, and other knowledge products.• Networking and media relations - Create and maintain communications contacts with media and other stakeholders,• Research, advocacy & campaign - Provide support to research and advocacy activities including design and develop advocacy, research and campaigns, partner’s capacity building; led research study “Strengthening the Voices of Adolescents with Disabilities in Nepal”• Learning, sharing and training - Facilitate learning and sharing workshops and structured discussions, participate in project review and reflection meetings• Content for social media – Produce content for CBM website and other social media platforms

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  WaterAid

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Communications Officer

    • Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    • Handle all communications and media relations related tasks including strategic partnerships and support partners to develop their plans • Engage with online, print, electronic and social media to communicate Water Aid Nepal’s and its partners’ works to donors, regulators, peer institutions and the public at large• Amplify voices of the marginalized communities through effective use of media so that policymakers listen to the concerns of the neglected people who demand WASH services• Create and maintain networks with media and other stakeholders including high level government officials, parliamentarians and civil society members• Support the Research and Advocacy team to design and develop advocacy, research and campaigns programs, partner’s capacity building. • Help sensitize the media on aspects of WASH and broader development issues by organizing and facilitating media fellowships and trips• Ensure effective implementation of communications strategy of WAN and public information products (Newsletter, bulletin, case studies) are produced and disseminated in an efficient and effective manner

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  The Red Elephant Foundation

  • India

  • Writing and Storytelling

    • 2013 - 2016
    • India

    • To put up content on the website at regular intervals• Write blog-post styled pieces that narrates true incidents concerning women's rights, challenges to women's empowerment and policy changes concerning women in any part of the world• Conduct interviews with women and girl activists, change-makers, peace-makers and social workers.

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  The Rising Nepal

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Reporter

    • 2009 - Jul 2014
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    • Cover stories on human rights, peace, empowerment/ inclusion and social issues.• Research and write articles on gender equality, human rights and other social issues• Independently brainstorming story ideas to cover news in competitive manner.• Conducted interviews and published feature articles with bylines • Write stories contextualizing Nepal’s human human rights situation against the backdrop of global trends• Write and edit news under the pressure of tight deadlines• Translating news from various districts

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  MediaSmarts & Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF)

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Collaborator & Nepal Event Coordinator

    • Nov 2013 - Nov 2013
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    As a collaborator of Media Literacy Week 2013, 2014 & 2016 (http://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/en/about_partners.htm) I coordinated Nepal event during Media Literacy Week 2013, the theme for the week was “What’s Being Sold: Helping Kids Make Sense of Marketing Messages”. I contributed in various activities including selection of guest, venue and theme to organize the Media Literacy workshop in Nepal.

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  Blog Action Day

  • UK

  • Content Creator and Writer

    • Sep 2013 - Oct 2013
    • UK

    • Wrote series of short posts about Universal Declaration of Human Rights• Provided links and articles for the participants on how to use their Blog Action Day post through various social media• Reminded people in social networks that it is Blog Action Day and encourage them to participate

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  Curriculum Development Centre (CDC), Ministry of Education

  • Member of Journalism Book Rewriting Committee (Secondary Level)

    • 2011 - 2012

    • Contributed to a revision of the journalism book for the secondary level

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  Creative Vision Private Limited

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Documentary Narrator

    • Dec 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Kathmandu, Nepal

    • Narrated the documentary, 'Kapilvastu-The Place of Buddha', a historical documentry to unearth hidden facts on early buddhas