Dalits
Dalit (from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered", Hindi: दलित, romanized: dalit, same meaning) is a name for people belonging to the lowest caste in India, characterised as "untouchable". Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Dalits now profess various religious beliefs, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam and various other belief systems.
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CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 26 September 2024 English
Despite this spring’s electoral setback, the BJP retains its dominant position at the center of Indian politics.
Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Castes (SC) or Dalits, and Scheduled Tribes (ST) or Adivasis.42 Each … lost ground among non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits (with large numbers of these voters moving to …
CBPS: Centre for Budget and Policy Studies · 26 September 2024 English
The functioning of different sectors of industry, its impact on employment, livelihoods, productivity and the like, and the different options open to this country, in the midst of major global …
Social Watch focussed on the needs of fisherman and dalits. For Vidhayak Sansad, it is the issue of bonded … complement its efforts to mobilise tribals and dalits to demand their rights by ensuring that successive … goals are in the struggle for justice of tribal and dalits. Budget work is a useful tool in its pursuit of …
The Asia Foundation · 17 September 2024 English
The contents of this report are the responsibility of IREX and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government, USAID, or The Asia Foundation. [...] The fact …
groups, including the INDICATOR 4 LGBTIQ+ community, Dalits, Madhesis, and people with disabilities, are often …
CANSA: Climate Action Network South Asia · 10 September 2024 English
Dhulikhel Municipality Recommendations and suggestions from CSOs towards a resilient and low-carbon city Policy Brief Urbanization and Climate Change Globally over 50% of the population lives in urban areas, 25000000 …
influence. and marginalized groups, including women and Dalits, struggle. Decision-making within DDWSSUC Core …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 9 September 2024 English
This brief explains the important role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Nepal's sustainable development, explores their funding options, and shows how they work with government and international nongovernment organizations.
with beneficiaries ranging from youth, women, and Dalits, to sexual and gender minorities and survivors … including children, women, people with disabilities, Dalits, and Indigenous Peoples. • Rupantaran Nepal helps … https://danarnepal.org. np Protects the rights of Dalits and other poor and excluded people regarding …
World Bank Group · 5 September 2024 English
poor households • Minority groups, including Dalits • Women-headed households • Elderly, People … Improvement and Development • Women entrepreneurs • Dalits and IP entrepreneurs • Forest-dependent vulnerable … information leading to inaccessibility in women, Dalits and IP entrepreneurs to prepare business plans … groups particularly vulnerable groups such as women, Dalits, IPs and any other vulnerable groups identified …
HFG: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation · 4 September 2024 English
Participants in such mobs The section on Twitter (X) in this report includes a discussion of “are often further emboldened by the how antagonists on the left and right used …
its turbocharge mass incitement. Our Muslims (and Dalits and Christians) users have migrated to Patriots …
ActionAid Association (India) · 3 September 2024 English
These leaders and activists stand on the front lines of advocating for the housing rights of the informal workers, and we have designed this manual to help them guide the …
rural migrants, marginalised communities such as Dalits and tribal groups and low-income urban residents … migrant workers, and marginalised communities such as Dalits and tribal groups face disproportionate barriers … can be seen easily in any metropolitan city where Dalits and tribal groups often face systemic discrimination … Tiruvannamalai district are 9.6 Case Study: predominantly dalits. They have been resident there for over two Ambedkar …
World Bank Group · 21 August 2024 English
special attention should be given to groups such as Dalits, female-headed households, Indigenous Peoples, … landlessness, female-headed with orphans, low caste (Dalits) with evidence of exclusion, and households with … PAPs, women, IPs, and vulnerable group such as Dalits and other local key informants. The information … representative different vulnerable groups such as women, Dalits, IPs and People with Disabilities. Major feedbacks … government. The vulnerable groups may include the Dalits, women (including women of single-headed households …
Amnesty International · 20 August 2024 English
Address Serious Shortcomings; Robust Implementation is Key Nepal’s long-awaited transitional justice law, adopted by the lower house of parliament on 14 August 2024, incorporates many positive provisions that could help …
Nepal: Systemic descent-based discrimination against Dalits needs urgent action – NEW REPORT Head of Amnesty …