For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Dalit Women’s Right to Political Participationin Rural Panchayati RajA study of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu ~Executive Summary ~Jayshree MangubhaiAloysius Irudayam sjEmma Sydenham ~(Research done in Collaboration with Navsarjan Trust, Gujarat and Evidence, Tamil Nadu) ~ “More and more Dalit1 women should contest the elections and get elected to the panchayat, and help the Dalit community …
[Via Asha Kowtal] From Sunday, from 12:00 p.m., until Tuesday, 3:00 p.m. A series of programmes are being organized by All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) in association with National Mission on Empowerment of Women (NMEW), with the aim of promoting Dalit women’s leadership to effectively engage in political spheres in conjunction with her …
All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch The violent nexus of caste and patriarchy has once again raised its hood in the form of increasing sexual violence against Dalit women in Haryana. Abused and broken, the survivors are still waiting for justice. The rest of India shamelessly continues to debate whether this is a caste issue? …
Minakshee Rode This article highlights the viewpoints of dalit activists who are on the ground meeting rape survivors and their families in Haryana. This article will be regularly updated as we gather more information. Nearly a month after a Dalit girl was raped and her father committed suicide in Hisar village after Haryana Police failed …
Ravi Chandran Paul Divakar, of National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), talked to Ravi Chandran of Dalit Camera: Through Un-touchable Eyes in Hyderabad recently. The first part of the excerpts of the interview are produced below: Dalit Camera: Sir, could you speak about the recent spate of rapes, in Haryana? {youtube}IBk21b0cGbc{/youtube} …
Fact Finding Report: Gang Rape of Dalit Girl by Dominant Caste Youth and Suicide of Girl’s Father (Dabra Village, Hisar, Haryana) That the Hindus most often succeed in pulling down Untouchables is largely due to many causes. The Hindu has the Police and the Magistracy on his side. In a quarrel between the Untouchables and …
As you are all aware, the rapes and sexual atrocities on women especially against Dalit women and the response to these heinous crimes by the Khap, some of the political leaders chave become more serious. This is very very objectionable and needs strong actions from all of us. In order to express our solidarity to …
Pardeep Attri My final words of advice to you are Educate, Agitate and Organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or …
Stalin K Last weekend, I was a guest on Satyamev Jayate with Aamir Khan where we discussed the issue of untouchability and how this illegal practice is still shockingly a part of Indian tradition. In Dangariya village of Rajasthan, “lower caste” women are asked to remove their footwear as they pass “upper caste” neighbourhoods. This …