Kapil Kafle

Member of Impulse Model Press Lab Core Committee, and Executive Director, Institute of Human Rights Communication

Kapil Kafle, Member of Impulse Model Press Lab Core Committee, and Executive Director, Institute of Human Rights Communication Kapil Kafle is a journalist and human rights activist. He is currently the Executive Director of the Institute of Human Rights Communication in Nepal (IHRICON).

He has over two decades of experience working in the media and has worked as an editor for three newspapers: the Samacharpatra Daily Newspaper, Rajdhani Daily Newspaper, Mahan agar. Kafle is also a senior media, peace and gender trainer, providing training to journalists in Nepal on conflict resolution, the principles of UNSCR 1325, gender issues and human rights reporting.

He prepared the “Peace Journalism” Training Manual, “Peace Module” for school teachers, “Women Peace and Security” Training Manual, and “Democracy and DDR Process” Training Manual. He has also written “Susam Chandika”, novel on gender equality and the people’s movement for the democracy, “Patrakarita.khoj” (Journalism & Investigation), “Chitragupta”, a collection of short satire essays that promote the rule of law and good governance among other collections.

Other Impulse Model Press Lab Core Committee Members

Amit Patrot
Kapil Kafle
Karma Paljor, Core Committee Leader, Consulting Editor CNN News 18
Bidhayak Das
Kunal Majumder