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Punita Rimal graduated in Mass Communications and Journalism from the Dhaka University, Bangladesh, in 1997. She also has a diploma (1992) in Development Communication and Gender from the Center for Women and Development, Kathmandu.She is the Asia-Pacific Nepal region correspondent for the US-based global Women News Network (WNN) covering women’s advocacy news. She has also produced programs for Nepal FM covering a wide range of transitional issues facing contemporary Nepal. She has served in different media houses and has a long experience in communications. Her earlier stint in journalism includes those with Radio Bangladesh External Service (RBES) and Kantipur FM. At RBES, for three years since 1997, she worked as an announcer and translator. At Kantipur FM radio, she was a program producer and program director on the CIT-Digital Media. She has produced numerous programs for radio jockeys.