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About Rainbow Disability Nepal (RDN)

Rainbow Disability Nepal (RDN) began in 2019 as a loose network for the Queer Persons with Disabilities / Queer Disability (QD) community. On 11 November 2022, it was formally registered as Indreni Apangata Nepal (Rainbow Disability Nepal), becoming the first NGO in Nepal dedicated to Queer Persons with Disabilities.

RDN works to ensure the basic human rights of Queer Persons with Disabilities across Nepal, with plans to expand internationally in the future. It is the first organization in Nepal focused on people who identify as both persons with disabilities and LGBTQIA++.

Who We Work With

RDN works on intersectional issues affecting:

Queer Persons with Disabilities (QD)
Persons with disabilities who identify as LGBTQIA++
Disabled persons living with HIV
Disability and LGBTQIA++ youth communities
Human Rights

Why Our Work Matters

The issues faced by Queer Persons with Disabilities are different from those faced by LGBTQIA++ persons without disabilities. Both groups face discrimination in heteronormative societies, but QDs experience double exclusion due to disability and sexual/gender identity.

Many QDs feel excluded from both disability spaces and LGBTQIA++ spaces, leading to isolation and a lack of belonging. RDN works to bring these hidden issues into the mainstream and ensure their voices are represented.

Our Areas of Work

RDN works in multiple sectors, including:

HIV and SRHR awareness
Education and awareness on sex, gender, and sexuality
Human rights advocacy
SDG inclusion
Disability technology
Youth empowerment programs
Proposal development and administrative support
Advocacy with government officials and stakeholders

Need for Awareness in Society

The general hetro-societies as well as the LGBTQIA++ communities need to be aware about the rising issues of Queer Persons with Disabilities / Queer Disability (QD) and that they also should be given equal opportunities of empowerment and inclusion in the society. Issues of Queer Persons with Disabilities / Queer Disability (QD) need to be brought up in the mainstream human-rights programs too. It will surely empower Disabled LGBTQIA++ youths psychologically and economically to live a better life through awareness, advocacy as well as vocational training programs and will definitely leave a mark in establishing Acceptance & Inclusion of them in the society.

Future Plans

Mission RDN

Lobby and Advocacy Plans

Besides these all, Rainbow Disability Nepal have set the plans in motion to do the lobby and advocacy with concerned government stakeholders and people related to this minor community to elevate this movement of Queer Persons with Disabilities / Queer Disability (QD) people to national and international level.

RDN aims to empower Queer Persons with Disabilities / Queer Disability (QD) youths psychologically and economically by establishing Acceptance and Inclusion of Queer Persons with Disabilities / Queer Disability (QD) in Nepal.

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