Dipika Lama
Dipika Lama is a young Indigenous woman with a physical impairment and current Vice-President of NIDWAN. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and has strengthened her leadership through NIDWAN’s capacity-building initiatives, translating learning into grassroots mobilization and collective action. She is the founder of the Madesh Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (MIDWAN). […]
About Dipika Lama
Dipika Lama is a young Indigenous woman with a physical impairment and current Vice-President of NIDWAN. She is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and has strengthened her leadership through NIDWAN’s capacity-building initiatives, translating learning into grassroots mobilization and collective action. She is the founder of the Madesh Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (MIDWAN).
She has played a key role in forming self-help groups that evolved into a formally registered organization, contributing to a strong provincial movement led by Indigenous women and girls with disabilities. Recognized as a young disability rights leader in Madhesh Province, she also serves as Youth member for the Asia-Pacific Indigenous Women and Girls with Disabilities Network, and is committed to advancing grassroots and provincial voices at national and regional levels.