Dalit Muslims of India (Video – Al Jazeera)
In a bid to escape poverty and caste discrimination, some Hindu Dalits are converting to Islam and other faiths.
In a bid to escape poverty and caste discrimination, some Hindu Dalits are converting to Islam and other faiths.
Despite laws preventing manual scavenging, the tradition of the lower caste people of removing human waste is still alive in India. Kavita presents us with the life of a manual scavenger and the hardships she faces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlU7SLZYmg.
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Implementing Laws Prohibiting Manual Scavenging
The Indian Government should end manual scavenging says Human Rights Watch in the new report, Cleaning Human Waste: "Manual Scavenging," Caste, and Discrimination in India. The report was released together with this short video
Video report by Siddharth Kara on caste-based slavery in Nepal - focus on Badi (caste-based prostitution) and Kamaliri (caste-based domestic slavery).
IDSN introduction video to caste discrimination (produced 2012)