Jaya Luintel, 2014 Development Fellow (Nepal) was named a 2020 Perennial Fellow, which expands leadership capacities through exploration of topics such as personal sustainability and authentic partnership.

Published on October 13, 2020

Jaya believes in the power of communication and storytelling for social change and creates a safe space for vulnerable women to seek justice, boost their confidence, and share their lived experiences. Jaya is founder and CEO of The Story Kitchen, which aims to amplify women’s voices and their stories through traditional and new media tools. (Photo: Jaya in San Francisco with Ruby Kholifah as part of the Asia Foundation Development Fellows program).

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2020 Asia Foundation Development Fellows Extended to 2021

September 28, 2020
San Francisco, September 28, 2020 — The Asia Foundation’s 2020 Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future program will be deferred until 2021, due to current travel restrictions and the public health landscape.The Covid-19 global pandemic has disrupted lives across the globe, but the Foundation is pleased to announce that all Asia Foundation Development Fellows sele

The Hon. Ban Ki-moon, 2018 Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Leadership Award Winner writes “To Honor the Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 Years on, We Must Lay Down Our Nuclear Weapons" in TIME (August 2, 2020).

October 14, 2020
He is former Secretary General of the United Nations and Deputy Chair of The Elders. (Photo: with Asia Foundation president David Arnold, accepting the 2018 Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Leadership Award).