The formal institutional journey of NIDWAN began in the year 2015 post-earthquake, where young Indigenous Women with Disability were in a critical and unsafe condition where they faced numerous challenges directly, institutionally, structurally, and indirectly. These experiences acted as a major catalyst to collectively begin their journey by the initiation of Pratima Gurung.

Their president, Pratima Gurung, was engaged in research about gender and disability at the community and grassroots level, and so found that young Indigenous Women with Disabilities from rural areas were in a very critical situation.

Today, NIDWAN works for the groups having multiple identities and building synergy, both at the grassroots and global level collectively with various minority group organizations and with all relevant stakeholders by cross-movement collaboration. NIDWAN is a member of the National Federation of Disabled Nepal (NFDN), Asia Indigenous Women Network (AIWN), Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), Feminist Global Network, and Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN). They are involved in development delivery works that advocate and empower their kind, encouraging meaningful participation from these women and respecting the diversity and collective identity of each individual.