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Shudarson Subedi met Rozangela Rosangela Berman Bieler of Inter-American Institute on Disability & Inclusive Development as part of his programme of meetings and visits with DDP in London
International networking - Shudarson Subedi met Rozangela Rosangela Berman Bieler of Inter-American Institute on Disability & Inclusive Development as part of his programme of meetings and visits with DDP in London, June 2008
 
LARDEF's Ivo de Jesus and SAFOD's Alexander Phiri observe ADEMO's general assembly
Front cover of Disability Voice Magazine
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The DHRC Team at their Kathmandu office
Lusophone DPO leaders meeting
DHRC-Nepal members and supporters on a Himalayan Trek
 
We met DHRC in Nepal more than 4 years ago and so were very pleased to welcome Shudarson to London in June. In 2005 we successfully nominated Shudarson for an Ashoka Fellowship in support of his human rights work in Nepal. Whilst in London Shudarson met with other disability, development, human rights and donor organisations in the UK. 

DHRC-Nepal was started in 2000 by a group of young disabled people who first raised the issue of disability human rights and public interest litigation in Nepal. With a growing membership and energetic local fundraising they developed advocacy programmes and started the fight against discrimination, prejudice and exclusion.

DHRC has hit upon radio as the most effective medium to carry their message to every part of Nepal. The weekly broadcast transmitted on national radio has initiated 246 listener groups who feedback to generate new ideas for programmes.  

'Disability Voice', the monthly magazine covers major issues including reports on abuses and legal cases which DHRC Nepal’s lawyer members have taken up. An example of this is the recent Supreme Court judgment to ensure that children with disabilities have the free education which is their right. 

DHRC-Nepal has brought into the open difficult issues that are usually hidden such as sexuality, HIV & AIDs and disability by producing micro soap operas (40-60 seconds) that tell the stories and are shown as TV fillers and cinema trailers. A very effective campaign to get travel concessions for disabled people and to simplify the bureaucracy of getting disability ID cards were also great successes. 

DHRC-Nepal has undertaken a mapping exercise on legislation relating to disabled people and is actively involved in advising on repealing and redrafting the Disabled Persons Welfare & Protection Act. For example, the law as it stands does not allow second marriages but should a wife become disabled the man is allowed to take a second wife. 

At the policy level DHRC-Nepal is striving to participate as fully as possible in the development and revision of Nepal’s new constitution to ensure that disabled people’s human rights are enshrined and enforceable, while at the same time putting pressure on the new government to implement fully the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities - an obligation which is provided for in principle under Nepal’s current legislation.

Currently DHRC-Nepal has 11 employees based at their Kathmandu office. DDP and DHRC have jointly developed a programme proposal and agreed a Memorandum of Understanding.

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