The Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists’, FoNIJ is an umbrella organization of all IPs journalists from across the country and abroad in 8 countries including Hong Kong, Japan, USA, South Korea, Europe, UAE, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.  FoNIJ leads them for solidarity, integrity and professionalism through media advocacy on IPs human rights at national and international level by lobbying and campaigning for inclusive media policy in Nepal.  FoNIJ has 64 district level, 7 provincial chapters and 8 ethnic institutional member organizations i.e. Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Newar, Rai, Sherpa, Tamang and Tharu. There are almost 4,000 members of FoNIJ, 800 of whom are women journalist members.   What is FoNIJ  Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists, FoNIJ is a forum for the journalists representing indigenous communities to advocate indigenous issues for an integrated development.  It was established as Association of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists, ANIJ on 9 Aug 1999 to consolidate all Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities journalists to address issues relating to indigenous people.&...