Bidhya Rai is a journalist from Nepal with a background spanning print, digital, radio, and television media outlets. She exposes under-reported issues affecting marginalized communities in remote areas. Bidhya has produced investigative reports and in-depth features on gender, climate change, livelihood, food rights, internet security, migration, the rights of people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ issues, through data-driven multimedia formats, including documentaries and video stories. Bidhya received multiple awards, including the South Asia Laadli Media Award for gender-sensitive reporting, the Rotary Journo Award, the Sancharika Equality Award, the Earth Journalism Network¡¯s Story Grant, and UNDP's Development Reporting Fellowship