Namgay Zam

Namgay Zam was born in 1985 into a Bhutanese family in Bhutan, where she spent her childhood. She attended university in India at Lady Shri Ram College, a women's college at the University of Delhi, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in English literature. == Journalism career ==

Zam began her career with Bhutan's first national youth radio station, Kuzoo FM, in 2007. She spent 10 months in 2015 and 2016 as a Humphrey fellow at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. In 2017, she was described by The Diplomat as "the most well-known face on television in Bhutan." In 2016, she was accused of defamation by the influential businessman Sonam Phuntsho, the father-in-law of the country's Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk, over a post on Facebook in which she shared a petition against the businessman. She described the suit as a "witch hunt" led by Wangchuk. However, she returned to Bhutan from Nepal later that year. Then, in October 2017, Zam began producing and hosting Bhutan's first mental health radio show, Mind Over Matter Bhutan, on Radio Valley. She now works as an independent journalist in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu. In 2019, she became executive director of the Journalists' Association of Bhutan, a role she held until 2023. On her appointment, she identified gender equality in the media as one of her goals as executive director. == Activism ==

As an activist, Zam has supported various causes including social justice, gender equity and LGBTQ rights, and mental health advocacy. == References ==