Publications uploaded in March 2011

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Dalit Rights Are Human Rights - The Dalit Struggle for Dignity in Bangladesh - by One World Action/ DFID in cooperation with IDSN, BDERM and Nagorik Uddyog

Dalit Women in Bangladesh – Multiple Exclusions – BDERM / Nagorik Uddyog

Case stories: Dalit children in India - Victims of caste discrimination : A survey by Navsarjan Trust reveals that teachers, local governments,and community members routinely subject the children of manual scavengers to discrimination and forced labour as part of their daily experience of attending school and living in their communities. The survey - Voices of Children of Manual Scavengers – is based on interviews with 1,048 children between the ages of 6 and 17 in the state of Gujarat. Together with Navsarjan’s groundbreaking report Understanding Untouchability it forms the basis of this briefing document - compiled by IDSN in February 2011.

Caste Based Discrimination in School: A study of Dalits in Ramechhap - Nepal – M.Phil Dissertation by Dhruba Raj Bishwokarma

Study on performance of special courts set up under  the  Atrocity act done by National School of Law, Bangalore -  Centre for Study of Casteism, Communalism and Law (CSCCL), Bangalore, India.

Untouchable in School: Experiences of Dalit Children in Schools in Gujarat –UNICEF India/ IIDS

Promoting the rights of minority children and women: a review of UNICEF’s policies and practices (December 2010) This report is the outcome of an independent review of UNICEF's global policies and practices towards minorities, commissioned by UNICEF's Division of Policy and Practice, New York. On pg. 25-30 there is a case study from UNICEF that offers a full-scale and detailed assessment of the integration of minority rights within a programme cycle – including Dalit rights.