Bhawana Majhi is an Indigenous woman with a physical disability (double amputee using prosthetic legs) from the Majhi community, one of the highly marginalized Indigenous communities of Nepal. She is an advocacy and communication officer at the National Indigenous Disabled Women Association – Nepal (NIDWAN), contributing to national-level meetings, workshops, and training sessions on behalf of the organization. Her involvement has given her a deep understanding of human rights, issues related to Indigenous persons with disabilities, and relevant national and international provisions, including the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and the Nepal Disability Act of 2017.

She is the proud recipient of a fellowship with the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and was selected as an Advocacy Institute (AAI) Cohort II Fellow for climate change and sexual health and reproductive rights under the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW). During the AAI fellowship, she visited different communities and engaged in research and documentation that developed her understanding of disability, gender, and Indigenous issues. Today she leads a group of young Indigenous women with disabilities under NIDWAN, facilitating their understanding of sexual and reproductive health rights and climate change.