अमेरिकामा महिला दिवशका अवशरमा नेपाली चेली डाक्टर बिष्णुमाया परियारलाई अन्तरास्ट्रीय सम्मान
Dr. Bishnu Maya Pariyar is founder and Chief Patron of ADWAN.ORG, a rights-based Nepali organization which has supported more than 14,900 children and more than 34,600 Dalit and marginalized women and their family members in Nepal since 1998. Dr. Pariyar serves as the Advisory Member of Diversity and Inclusion Board of Mayor of Jersey City, Steven M. Fulop who appointed her to make sure Jersey City’s minority community is not left behind while city strides for development in all sectors. She is actively involved with the United Nations NGO Committee on the Status of Women (CSW), New York as Co-Chair of Consultation Day 2018.
Dr. Pariyar is a prolific social entrepreneur and one of the most admired personalities among Nepali diaspora. Recently, International Coordinator Council of Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has appointed her Honorary Council Member. She is also founding President of Jersey City-based Women For Cause (WFC), Co-Founder of Jersey City Nepali Community (JCNC) and Executive Board Member of South Asian American Outreach Community (SACO), New Jersey.
Currently, Dr. Pariyar works at Hudson Speaks of CarePoint Health Group as an Outreach Coordinator and Counselor on domestic & sexual violence, while dedicating the rest of her time in uplifting Nepal’s marginalized people through her leadership, advocacy and fundraising. She has fundraised more than one and half million U.S. dollars for Nepal’s so-called untouchable Dalit and marginalized women and children.