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Nepal
Binita is an international development practitioner with over two decades of experience in social and behaviour change (SBC) programming, life skills development, social norms transformation, and violence prevention. She has worked across diverse humanitarian and development contexts in Asia and the Middle East. Binita has held executive management roles for nearly a decade and brings deep expertise in programme design, start-up, implementation and QA across a range of thematic areas. She has led the design and delivery of several award-winning interventions in Nepal, including Change Starts at Home—a What Works Phase I programme—where she oversaw the multi-component SBC initiative combining rigorous research with community-based intervention.
In the past ten years, Binita has focused extensively on violence prevention, providing capacity strengthening, technical accompaniment and mentorship to various partners, including grassroots and international NGOs and UN agencies. Her approach emphasises evidence-based design and implementation, ensuring alignment with global best practices. In addition to her programmatic work, Binita has authored manuals and curricula on the prevention of intimate partner violence and women’s empowerment in Nepal and materials to address the sexual exploitation of boys in Afghanistan, specifically targeting the harmful practice of Bacha Bazi.
She is based in Kathmandu and enjoys travelling, cooking, and exploring different cuisines.