Nepal: Children with Disabilties Struggle to Get EducationAugust 22, 2011
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HRW's Shantha Rau Barriga tells the story of Balkumari, a young woman who fought for an education in Nepal despite her disability.

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  • Balkumari, 21, with a physical disability on one side of her body, dressed in traditional Nepali clothes, tends to her cows in a village outside of Pokhara, Nepal.
    © 2011 Shantha Rau Barriga/Human Rights Watch
HRW's Shantha Rau Barriga tells the story of Balkumari, a young woman who fought for an education in Nepal despite her disability.