Babulal

This is a short film illustrating the intersection of disability and gender when it comes to employment and independence, produced by the FOUND Project at the Leprosy Mission Nepal, for International Women’s Day 2023.

Rupa works for Prabhu Management in Kathmandu, a progressive company which has made its office premises wheelchair-accessible.

Dinesh has bilateral hearing loss (auditory neuropathy), which became apparent when he was 13. Due to the difficulty of accessing hearing aids, he faced difficulties in his studies and finding a job. Dinesh belongs to an ethnic indigenous group of the Terai in southern Nepal. He came into contact with…