Child labour: EU’s India policy under scrutiny
Two new reports on child labour in the Indian seed industry have prompted a Dutch member of the European Parliament to ask questions about the EU’s relations with India - including the issue of Dalits.
GalleryConference on Dalit issues in Nepal
The international conference “Envisioning New Nepal: Dynamics of Caste, Identity and Inclusion of Dalits” covered a number of important issues.
Two thirds of India’s Dalits are poor
According to a new way of measuring poverty, 66 percent of India’s Dalits are poor – a proportion that is significantly higher than the poverty level of the average population.
Nepal: NGOs submit report to UN mechanism
Nepalese NGOs have prepared a joint submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The report includes a number of recommendations to the Nepalese government on how to address caste discrimination.
GalleryIDSN appeals to UN Rapporteurs
UN Special Rapporteurs and other human rights experts are meeting this week in Geneva. IDSN has called on these mandate holders to strengthen their efforts to address caste discrimination.
Delhi couple victims of ‘honour killings’
A teenage girl and her Dalit boyfriend have been brutally murdered in a suspected ‘honour killing’ in Delhi. Such crimes are relatively rare in the Indian capital.
Nepal minister breaks up inter-caste marriage
Inter-caste marriages remain contentious in Nepal where families frequently resort to force in order to stop them.
Huge sums diverted from Dalits to CW Games
A new report questions the rationale of spending huge sums of money on a one-time sporting event that is resulting in multiple human rights violations, especially against the most marginalised sections of society.
Caste bias may have caused ‘honour killing’
A young female journalist may have been murdered by her family because she intended to marry someone from a lower caste.
GalleryHaryana killings cause outrage
A 17-year old disabled Dalit girl and her 60-year old father were burnt alive as a mob set fire to 18 Dalit homes in the village of Mirchpur in the Indian state of Haryana.