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The number of people with disabilities in India was stated as 21 million in the 2001 Census of India. [2] In the 2011 census, the figure rose by 22.4% to 26.8 million. [3] According to the 2011 census, 20.3% of people with disabilities in India have movement disabilities, 18.9% have hearing impairments, and 18.8% have visual impairments.
She has been a part of the disabled people’s movement and is connected with other disabled rights activists pan India. Her special interest is women with disabilities. Jeeja conducted workshops and presented papers in many seminars and conferences in both national and international forums.
B. R. Ambedkar with the leaders and activists of the All India Untouchable Women Conference held at Nagpur in 1942. B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian social reformer and politician who came from a social group that was considered untouchable, theorized that untouchability originated because of the deliberate policy of the Brahmins.
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 (Nepali: माइती नेपाल) is a non-profit organization in Nepal dedicated to helping the victims of human trafficking.Currently, it operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventive homes in the countryside, and an academy in Kathmandu.
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 ]
Women's passive acceptance of their limited social status has resulted in the perpetuation of gender discrimination. Many women believe that this is the way it has always been and that this is the way it will always be. In the home, Nepali women are thought to be a source of life, but they are also compelled to slave away for male family members.