Kathmandu, May 23 -- Pratima Gurung is an academician and activist. She is an Assistant Professor at Padmakanya College, the Chair of the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), and is working as an expert on the National Disability Direction Committee under the Ministry of Women, Children, and Senior Citizens in Nepal.

Additionally, she is an Asia Board Member of the Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility (IPAF-IFAD) and the Asia Region Focal Person for the Thematic Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (TG-DRR).

Gurung's work has earned her recognition, including the National Human Rights Award in 2022 by the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal and the Human Rights and Environment Award-Asia in 2023 by the Glob...