NIDWAN

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Educational Grant Support for Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: The Right to Health for Women with Disabilities Who Experience Racism

International Disability Day

Fostering Resilience Of Women-Led Business Kicks Off

ABOUT NIDWAN

NIDWAN works for the groups having multiple and intersecting identities and builds synergy both at the grassroots and global level collectively with various organizations and relevant stakeholders by cross-movement collaboration.

Our Vision

NIDWAN envisions a world where our multiple and intersectional identities are put at the center and our voices are being heard at all levels and everyone of us are included, welcomed and respected.

Our Beliefs & Values

We believe and affirm the value of “Nothing About Us Without us” and “Leaving No One Behind”. NIDWAN believes in reaching the most marginalized groups, generating evidence and exercising power to amplify voiceless voices of the ground.

5 Years of NIDWAN’s journey towards an inclusive society for ALL and more to go...

News And Updates

‘Aspiration and realities to imagine violence-free lives for Indigenous Women and Indigenous Women with Disabilities: An initial step towards it’

GLOBAL SURVEY REPORT ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND DISASTERS, 2023

Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls, Including Those With Disabilities In Nepal, Particularly In The Context Of COVID-19 Pandemic

अपाङ्गता भएका महिलाहरूलाई महिला हिंसाको विषयमा प्रशिक्षक प्रशिक्षण तालिम सम्पन्न

महिला हिंसा न्यूनीकरणका सवालहरूलाई समावेश गर्दै ३ दिने प्रशिक्षक प्रशिक्षण

अपांगता राष्ट्रिय निर्देशन समितिको विषय विज्ञमा लमजुङ राइनासकी प्रतिमा गुरुङ मनोनीत

धनगढीमा सी.आर.पी.डीको प्रतिवेदन लेखन र प्रकृया सम्बन्धी अभिमुकरण

अपाङ्गताका भएका ब्यक्तिको सवाल समाबेशी तथा पहुँचयोग्य बनाउनुपर्नेमा जोड

आदिवासी जनजाति अपाङ्गता भएका युवा तथा महिलाहरूको वकालतको विषयमा कार्यशाला

आदिवासी जनजाति अपाङ्गता महिला सम्बन्धी राष्ट्रिय परामशर्ष गोष्ठी

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HEALTH HYGIENE KIT

Disability Facts & Figures

1 billion people, about 15% of the world population, have a disability. 80% of them live in developing countries like Nepal. 45 million of them are Indigenous Peoples.

More than 370 million Indigenous People live in 90 countries, 185 of them are Indigenous women. Indigenous women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women.

There are 54 million Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities and 28 million Indigenous Women with Disabilities who are leading multiple and intersectional discrimination at all spheres of life.

In Nepal, there are more than 1.3 million Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities, and the number has increased since the 2015 earthquake. 700000 of them are Indigenous Women with Disabilities living in risk and unsafe situations.

Research conducted by NIDWAN shows that 91.9% of the respondents mentioned indigenous women and girls with disabilities are subjected to higher rates or specific forms of violence.

Educational Grant Support

Catering Towards Empowering Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities and Reaching Individuals Who are Out of Education

This grant envisions collecting funding support from numerous individuals and institutions and CALLS FOR SUPPORT to support educational grants to indigenous women with disabilities bringing positive change in their lives and being capable to live dignified lives with good career opportunities.

What Our Supporters Say

Amplifying the voices of Indigenous women with disabilities

Women with disabilities are not a homogenous group. Women and girls with disabilities face discrimination due to the intersectional challenges of ableism, sexism, and identity, such as Indigenous women with disabilities. NIDWAN works to address these challenges, protecting and promoting the rights of marginalized Indigenous persons with disabilities (IPWDs) in Nepal. NIDWAN has been working to visibilize these issues and the voices of grassroots IPWDs within the disability, gender, and Indigenous movements at the national, regional, and global levels. As the Regional Head of Programs for Asia at the Disability Rights Fund, I am glad we have partnered with NIDWAN to support their critical advocacy. They are amplifying the voices of Indigenous women with disabilities to ensure their full participation in decision-making processes, including in cross-movement spaces at the national, regional, and global level.

Dwi Ariyani

Regional Head of Programs, Disability Rights Fund