DASJ Founder

Sarita Pariyar

Writer, Social Justice Activist, and the Founding Convener of the international Darnal Award for Social Justice.
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Activist/Writer
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Founder
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Sarita Pariyar

Writer, Social Justice Activist, and the Founding Convener of the international Darnal Award for Social Justice.

Sarita Pariyar is a writer, social justice activist, and the founding convener of the international Darnal Award for Social Justice.

She writes and delivers public-lectures on caste questions and social justice issues in and outside of Nepal. Sarita serves as a board member at Samata Foundation, Nepal Madhesh Foundation, Accountability Lab, and is an advisor to ActionAid Nepal.

She holds a Master’s degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and English Literature from Tribhuvan University. Currently, she is pursuing legal studies at the Nepal Law School, Kathmandu.

She was recently selected as a Fellow for the prestigious Draper Hills Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development at Stanford University.

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