Pratima Gurung

Pratima Gurung is Chair of the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN) and General Secretary for Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN). Her work has been instrumental in bridging multiple marginalized identities and initiating cross-movement collaboration in raising the voiceless voices of young indigenous peoples/women with disabilities from Nepal, Asia, and globally since 2011.

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“We will be more in ten years' time”

“We will be more in ten years' time”

A Conversation with Pratima Gurung

Pratima Gurung has been advocating for the rights of Indigenous women with disabilities for years – in Nepal, across Asia, and globally. In this interview, she discusses progress, ongoing challenges, and why inclusion is a global issue that concerns us all. Her message: political spaces must be inclusive and intersectional.

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