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The participants are in the school hall sitting on cushions on the floor. They are facing towards the screen with their back at the camers. The participants are filling the pre-test questionnaire. The screen reads GBV and disability.

NDWA Completes First Phase of School Awareness Program on Disability and Gender Based Violence in Kathmandu Valley.

Mon, September 8, 2025

Kathmandu, September 5, 2025 — The Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA) has successfully concluded the first phase of its school-level awareness sessions on disability and gender-based violence (GBV) in Budhanilkantha, Tarkeshwar, and Tokha municipalities. Awareness sessions were conducted in total of five schools in this phase: two each from Budhanilkantha and Tarkeshwar, and one from… Read more NDWA Completes First Phase of School Awareness Program on Disability and Gender Based Violence in Kathmandu Valley.

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Thirty of the 65 blind students at Amar Singh Secondary School are learning to use computers. Say it is much easier and faster to complete assignments on laptops than using Braille. “With Braille, papers got lost or erased and I often couldn’t submit on time. Now I can store my work digitally, keep a copy for myself, and hand in a printed version,”, said one of the students of Amar Singh Sec School.  More Details

The Kathmandu Post,  August 18, 2025

नेपाल अपाङ्ग मानव अधिकार केन्द्रका कार्यकारी निर्देशक जगदीश प्रसाद अधिकारीले अपाङ्गता भएका महिलाहरुको न्यायमा पहुँचको लागि यस क्षेत्रमा क्रियाशिल महिलावादी सस्थाहरुलाई संघिय मन्त्रालयबाट बजेट विनियोजन नभएकोमा दुख व्यक्त गर्नुभयो ।  More Details

Hamaar विरगन्ज ,  August 17, 2025

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अपाङ्ग आवाज ,  August 14, 2025

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हिमालय टाइम्स ,  July 3, 2025

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