If you're not urban, male, or from a dominant caste, disability leadership rarely sees you.

In Episode 3 of Atypical Dikkatein Season 2, we’re in conversation with Dipika Lama, a youth leader and disability rights advocate from Madhesh, Nepal, whose work centers on indigenous, Dalit, Madheshi, and Muslim women and girls with disabilities.

Tune in to listen to Dipika unpack how even progressive movements can erase disabled voices. From policies that assume everyone reads English or Nepali to clinics that are not accessible to women with disabilities, this episode asks: Who gets left behind when inclusion is an afterthought?

You can check out the podcast transcript ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Some Helpful Links

1. National Indigenous Disabled Women Association, represented by Dipika, delivered the CSO Forum collective statement on the demands of South Asian civil society at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DClT5jtS_-l/?igsh=MjFyenp4N25lN3J3

2. Dipika at the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1hw3c8f5n?kalturaStartTime=10383

Follow Atypical Dikkatein on ⁠⁠social media⁠⁠.

⁠⁠Say hi⁠⁠ to me, your host Soumya.

Graphic by: ⁠⁠Harshvardhan Bhaskar⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Khushi (Kay) Solanki⁠⁠

Transcript by: ⁠⁠Khushi (Kay) Solanki⁠⁠

Sound editing and production by: ⁠⁠Pranjal Pathak