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Pratima Gurung
Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network
Pratima Gurung is a leading academic activist from Nepal. She teaches at Padmakanya College, one of the single women’s colleges in Nepal. Gurung has engaged in research that includes gender, disability, Indigenous identities, and inclusion, and has published a number of articles on these issues both nationally and internationally. Through her research, she highlights hidden voices from the ground, and does her activism through organizations like the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN), and works in collaboration with International Disability Alliance (IDA) and Disability Advocacy Rights Funds (DRAF).