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India's Hindi-language cinema has often reinforced negative stereotypes about people with disabilities, but more recently it has produced several films that have helped raise awareness. [23] A recurrent theme has for a long time been that disability is a punishment for misdeeds, for instance in Jeevan Naiya (1936), Aadmi (1968), and Dhanwan ...
Nidhi Goyal (born 21 September 1985) is an Indian disability and gender rights activist who has been appointed to the UN Women Executive Director's advisory group. [1] [2] Goyal is the founder and executive director of Mumbai-based NGO Rising Flame [3] [4] and works in the areas of sexuality, gender, health and rights for women and girls with disabilities. [5]
Anita Ghai (born 23 October 1958 - 11 December 2024) was an Indian academic who was the former president of Indian Association of Women's Studies. [1] She was a professor at School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi. [2] She was also a disability rights activist in India working in the areas of sexuality, gender, health and education ...
Maiti Nepal was established in 1993 by a group of socially committed professionals in order "to protect Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking for flesh trade, child prostitution, child labor and various other forms of exploitation and torture". [2]
Maiti Nepal operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, as well as transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventive homes in the countryside, and an academy in Kathmandu. Maiti Nepal ("Maiti" means "mother's home" in Nepali ) has been a refuge for women rescued from the brothels in India .
Jhamak Kumari Ghimire (Nepali: झमक कुमारी घिमिरे; Born on 4 July 1980) is a Nepali writer. She was born with cerebral palsy [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and writes with her left foot. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She is a columnist at the Kantipur newspaper . [ 5 ]
Yogmaya Neupane (Nepali: योगमाया न्यौपाने) (1867–1941) was a religious leader, women's rights activist and poet based in Bhojpur district of Nepal. [1] Yogmaya is considered to be among the pioneer female poets in Nepal with her only published book of poems, the Sarwartha Yogbani ( Nepali ...
1972 – ADAPT – Able Disable All People Together (formerly known as The Spastics Society of India), India's most noted non-profit and a non-governmental organization working for neuro-muscular and developmental disabilities, was started on 2 October 1972 by Mithu Alur, to provide education and treatment services for children with cerebral palsy.