Jaya Luintel
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Jaya Luintel is a Nepali journalist.[1][2] She completed a Master's degree in Gender Studies from Tribhuvan University in Nepal.[3] Luintel 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 organization which works to amplify HerStory.[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 organized Nepal's first national conference for women in radio broadcasting.[1]