Sunita Dangol, deputy mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), mentioned that the KMC Judicial Committee has not received any complaint from women with disabilities so far. Speaking at the orientation and interaction program on violence against women and girls with disabilities organized by Nepal Disabled Women Association (NDWA) in Kathmandu on August 22, Deputy Mayor… Read more Orientation on GBV for service providers

An interaction program was organized to sensitize of women with disabilities on how the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) addresses the issue of women with disabilities. Interaction program was organized by Saathi in coordination with Nepal Disabled Women Association NDWA. Bandana Rana, a member of the United Nations… Read more Interaction on CEDAW linking with WWD

Stakeholders have said that although the main agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is to ‘Leave no one behind’, the entire marginalized community is being left behind by the agenda. In the parallel session of the one-day Nepal People’s Forum organized by the SDG National Network  on 18 August, 2023 in Kathmandu, in the… Read more A serious challenge in achieving the SDG

Deputy Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Manjali Shakya emphasized that awareness is necessary for the implementation of the laws made for the rights of persons with disabilities. Speaking at the orientation and interaction program on gender violence against women and girls with disabilities organized by the Nepal Disabled Women Association on July 31, 2023 in… Read more Orientation on gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities