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Advocacy and Lobbying Meeting with Stakeholders for Policy Inclusion and Implementation

On April 30, 2025 (Baishakh 17, 2082), Federation of Women with Disability Nepal (FWDN) organized an “Advocacy and Lobbying Meeting with Stakeholders for Policy Inclusion and Implementation” in Mahalaxmi Municipality, Lalitpur, with the support of Women Fund Asia and in collaboration with its member organization Jalah Disabled Society, Lalitpur.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Mayor of Mahalaxmi Municipality, Head of the Administration, Officer of the Social Development, and other municipal employees, as well as representatives of various organizations of persons with disabilities in Lalitpur district. Federation’s Chairperson, Nirmala Dhital, prepared a memorandum and also read it out loud in the meeting.

The main objective of this meeting was to make the stakeholders of Mahalaxmi Municipality aware of any specific issue, problem or demand of persons with disabilities and to pressure them to take concrete steps to resolve it.