By IDA

 - January 23, 2021

National Consultation and Learning Workshop on COVID-19: Issues of Indigenous Youth and Women with Disabilities in Preparation of 2nd World Conference on Indigenous Women and Evaluating the Progress made by Nepal in the Implementation of Global Disability Summit 2018 Commitments

National Indigenous Disabled Women Association (NIDWAN) with support of the International Disability Alliance (IDA) and Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN) organized three national workshops from 5 to 11 December 2020 in Kathmandu to celebrate 29th International Day of the Persons with Disabilities. The representatives of indigenous peoples, indigenous women and marginalized groups with disabilities from 7 provinces in Nepal have joined the workshop. The workshop has been organized with a slogan of “Nothing about us, without us” to build the skills and capacities of indigenous peoples/women with disabilities to take the lead with their innovative initiations for their own issues, concerns and rights.

The first workshop was the National Consultation and Learning Workshop on the Impacts of COVID-19 particularly focusing on Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities (3-day workshop). The second workshop was mainly focusing on the national level consultation on the issues of indigenous women and youths with disabilities for the preparation of 2nd World Conference on Indigenous Women (3-day workshop) and the last one was mainly concentrated on the Evaluating the Progress made by Nepal in Implementation of the Global Disability Summit 2018 Commitments (one day workshop).

The overall aim of these national and evaluating workshops was to encourage and create the pathways for the inclusion of marginalized and under-represented groups particularly indigenous peoples and indigenous women with disabilities. Moreover, it also aimed to build the capacities and solidarity among the participants coming from different provinces with different levels of knowledge and understanding the issues and rights of indigenous peoples, indigenous women and indigenous peoples/indigenous women with disabilities. 

>>To read the full report in MS Word please click here and here to read in PDF

>>To read December 2020 bulletin of the NIDWAN, please click here.

>>To learn more about the Global Network of Indigenous Persons with Disabilities, please click here

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