Invisible and unheard: India’s women manual scavengers | The Indian Express
While working to rehabilitate and support manual scavengers, one of the first steps should be to recognise the women engaged in this work and prioritise their needs.
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How Dalit & Tribal Women From Bundelkhand Are Becoming Firebrand Journalists – Khabar Lahariya (खबर लहरिया)
How Dalit & Tribal Women From Bundelkhand Are Becoming Firebrand Journalists
Why Does The Indian Media Hesitate To Condemn Caste Violence? | Youth Ki Awaaz
Representation of Dalit Struggles In Indian Media
Contribution from the International Dalit Solidarity Network IDSN
The Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRTD) has identified five themes on which it intends to submit studies to the Human Rights Council during its mandate term. One of these studies is on Racism, racial discrimination and the right to development. Article 5 of the Declaration on the Right to Development enjoinsstates to take resolute steps to eliminate the violations of the human rights of peoples affected by racism and racial discrimination. The elimination of racism is therefore recognized as essential to fulfilling the right to development.
Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2021: Accountability Towards Commitment
The Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), a leading human rights organization in the country, documented 5,543 victims of human rights violations in 2020.
Recommendations for the 44 th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (30 June – 17 July 2020)
In connection with their participation in the 44th Human Rights Council session, states are encouraged to consider the ongoing and systemic practice of discrimination based on work and descent, also known as caste-based discrimination, affecting more than 260 million people globally.
Recommendations for the 43rd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (24 February – 20 March 2020)
In connection with their participation in the 43rd Human Rights Council session, States are encouraged to consider the ongoing and systemic practice of discrimination based on work and descent, also known as caste-based discrimination, affecting more than 260 million people globally.
Joint Stakeholder Submission of Non-governmental Organization on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Nepal
For the preparation of the report, consultations and discussions have been held with more than 223 Dalit civil society organizations and other human rights organizations in Nepal. The report has been prepared consulting with various stakeholders, concerned members, experts/specialists at state government and Prime Minister's office, concerned ministries, parliamentary committees, honorable members of parliament, Dalit commission, women commission among others, Dalit people's organizations, civil society, human rights activists and Dalit civil society's heads and representatives and journalists.
Universal Periodic Report of Nepal 3rd Cycle – Fact Sheet
This is the fact sheet by DNF and IDSN on the UPR of Nepal, listing recommendations, that have been responded to and noted, as well as the national framework of Nepal.
Challenging The Heteronormative Ideas Of Love | Feminism In India
Discussion of intercaste love in India. Marriages in India not only serve as a tool to exchange wealth through dowry rituals but also act as an institution to strengthen the caste system.
Dalit people’s representative threatened for boycott for calling out caste-based discrimination – Khabarhub Khabarhub
Locals in Beni Municipality in Myagdi district have warned of social boycott and demanded resignation when a local people’s representatives sought legal recourse against the caste-based discrimination.
‘There is a tendency to blame the victim’: More needs to be done to solve India’s rape epidemic | The Independent
‘There is a tendency to blame the victim’: More needs to be done to solve India’s rape epidemic
Looking at mental health through Caste – The Life of Science
Therapeutic techniques work on the assumption that the cause of distress is only within the individual. However, an individual’s mental health is also affected by various forms of systemic discrimination. So for Dalits, therapy involves narrating trauma from one therapist to another, in the hope that they will eventually find a caste-sensitive professional.
‘Made me sit on office floor’: TN Dalit panchayat president alleges caste-based discrimination- The New Indian Express
Alleging that the panchayat vice-president, a caste Hindu, has been making her sit on the floor of the panchayat office because of her caste, the Dalit president of the Gurumurthy Naickenpatti panchayat, M Muthulakshmi submitted a petition to the district collector R Kannan on Wednesday.
Hathras: Four months on, Dalit girl’s family lives between court hearings and with ostracism
It’s been close to four months since the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl, Asha, in the bajra fields of Chanda village, which lies in Hathras district of western Uttar Pradesh.
From hardship to hope: women migrant workers in the Indian ready-made garment industry | OpenGlobalRights
In order to provide women migrant workers with a life of dignity, security, and a sense of recognition at their workplaces, the three primary stakeholders of the garment sector supply chain need to work quickly and collaboratively.
When Mental Health Collides With Caste Identity
Historically disadvantaged castes typically overlap with low-income communities who have a 40% higher rate of depression than the national average.
15-year-old burnt alive in Parsa after her mother finds out affair with a lower-caste guy – OnlineKhabar English News
On November 14, 2020, the Pokhariya Police Station in Parsa of southern Nepal got a call about a fire in Ramnagari in Bahudarmai municipality. When the police got there to douse the fire, they found that the house was gutted and 15-year-old Mana Kumari Sah Teli had died in it.
Belongg Mental Health Collective: Resources on Caste – Google Sheets
Belongg Mental Health Collective has curated resources on the intersection of caste and mental health.
10 Books on Caste by Indian Woman Dalit Writers You Should Read – Belongg Library
Marginalised voices have always been absent from the popular literary canon. The only way to see more diverse titles on trending lists or bookshop windows is to read voices from historically silenced communities.