Nepal
This page features the news on disability from Nepal in the Debrief Library. See also news from other countries.
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Climate Crisis and Environment
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A case study on Nepal’s changing climate and its impact on communities including persons with disabilities “I have never seen anything
like that in my whole life. The whole earth was shaking. Other people went
uphill as the flood started to rise. Later, I went up with the support of my
son-in-law too. I came here looking for better access to the market and
other facilities. But I lost everything. I am an old man with a physical
disability, it is very difficult for me now” (Jul, CBM Global)
Communication and Language
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Sign Languages
Supporting deaf learners in Nepal via Sustainable Development Goal 4: Inclusive and equitable quality education in sign languages. (Nov, Int. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
Nepal’s first PhD candidate from the deaf community campaigns to promote Sign language (May, Nepali Times)
The eye and the other: Language and ethics in deaf Nepal (Mar, American Anthropologist)
Education and Childhood
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How schools are including children with disabilities (Apr, UKFIET)
Revisiting Equity COVID-19 and Education of Children with Disabilities (Dec, WISE)
Books adapted into Nepali Sign-Language by Let's Read Asia with the Nepali Government (Dec, All Children Reading)
Employment, Business and Work
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Lived Employment Experiences of Persons with Physical Disabilities: “over-protective behaviour from family members, discrimination by employers in recruitment, and continuance in employment were barriers.” (Apr, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research)
Gender Equality and Women with Disabilities
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Disability and Gender: Lived Experiences of Economic Hardships Faced by Women with Disabilities from Sudurpaschim Province (Apr, International Journal of Social Sciences and Management)
My Lens My Reality a photovoice study on the rights of women with disabilities. Appreciated the slippers that illustrate inclusion and exclusion (p16): “The slippers symbolize there are many members in the family. Dad, mom, brother, sister who are actually going outside to work. And me, I’m inside, with my disability, I was always in my room.” (Mar, SDDC) Some great pictures in here - first time I saw a pic of slippers that illustrates exclusion (on page 16).
Policy and Rights
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Situation Analysis of the rights of persons with disabilities. (Nov, UNPRPD)
Relationships, Sex and Reproductive Rights
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Chhaupadi practice puts women with disabilities at higher risk On the practice of isolating women while menstruating: “Disabled girls and women are more prone to getting sexually violated while staying away in chhau sheds.” (Jul, Kathmandu Post)