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ADRF: 260 million Dalits appeal for inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals
Reducing inequality and ’leaving no one behind” are paramount within the SDG framework.The zero draft outcome document of the Post 2015 SDG however gives no recognition to more than a quarter of a billion people discriminated and marginalised on the basis of caste. An SDG appeal has been launched by the Asian Dalit Rights Forum (ADRF) and co-signed by IDSN and dozens of other organisations, urging that caste discrimination be noted as a major cause of poverty and inquality, which must be taken into account in the outcome document.
Report from IDSN UN side event: Caste and Gender-Based Forced and Bonded Labour
REPORT - Caste and Gender-Based Forced and Bonded Labour from UN HRC29 IDSN SIDE-EVENT 18th June 2015, 17.00-18.30
Global Declaration on Dalit Rights released
Following the successful Global Conference on Defending Dalit Rights, held in Washington DC from the 19-21 March, a declaration has been released demanding strong support from the UN and the United States to support the struggle to end caste discrimination and more action.
Don’t mention the apartheid: caste discrimination and poverty in South Asia (Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International – Equal Times)
IDSN input on Dalit women in relation to the 59th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
When the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) convenes to discuss challenges that affect the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women at its 59th session in March 2015, there is an urgent need to address the link between caste and the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence faced by Dalit women.
Don’t mention the apartheid: caste discrimination and poverty in South Asia (Equal Times)
Opinion piece by Director of Anti-Slavery International, Aidan McQuade.
Dalit and the Post 2015 Development Agenda & SDGs
Addressing the hidden apartheid of millions will be key to the success of the SDGs
Caste Rules The Roost Across South Asia (Tehelka.com)
Caste a major challenge says Save the Children report on the child friendliness of Governments in South Asia
”Discrimination faced by children on the basis of caste, ethnicity and disability continues to be one of the biggest challenges in our country,” says an Indian Child Rights Defender in the report published by Save the Children. Read caste extracts from the report here.
South Asian parliamentarians join together to fight caste discrimination
Parliamentarians from India, Nepal and Bangladesh have formed the ‘South Asian Parliamentary Forum’ (SAPF) to combat caste discrimination, at the historic ‘South Asia Parliamentarians' Conference on Dalit Concerns’ in Kathmandu 8-9th December.