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Dalit Women Fight Against Caste-Based Violence in India - UN Side Event Q U A R T E R LY AMBEDKARAMBEDKAR VOL: 01 ISSUE: 02 VISIONVISION JULY-SEP. 2018 Dalit Women Fight against Caste-Based Violence in India - UN side Event Ambedkar Society for South Asia Editor Syed Shaheen Hassan Contents Editorial i Minority rights: PTI sets a new precedence in Pakistan 1 Dalit Women Fight against Caste-Based Violence in India- UN side Event 2 MEPs: EU should cancel agreements with India until unjustly jailed human rights 4 defenders are released Manual scavenging': death toll of 5 Indian sewer cleaners revealed Regional conference on equal access to justice 7 calls for action to end caste discrimination Five female anti-trafficking activists kidnapped and raped in India EU responds 10 Umar Khalid and the Hate Republic 11 IOM Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugee Crisis Response - Situation Overview of Human Trafficking 13 Dalit residents of Sweeper Colony suffer in silence 14 New Christian Divorce Bill to be formulated 15 Ambedkar Society for South Asia 2-Court Street, Lower Mall, Lahore. Tel: +92 42 37115810 Email: [email protected] from theEditor Historically speaking Dalits in the Indian society stands at the lowest rank of the caste hierarchy suffering caste based social exclusion from economic, civil culture and political rights. Although, Dalit women constitute 16.6 percent of Indian's female population, they not only suffer caste based discrimination on their gender but also caste identity the result of which is economic deprivation. Due to gender inequality and caste they become vulnerable to sexual violence and exploitation. They are exploited in the name of religion by victimizing them in the name of Devadasi / jogan (temple prostitute). The tragedy of Dalit women is distinct and unique; they suffer from triple burden of gender bias, caste discrimination and economic deprivation. Dalit women are among the most marginalized people in the world. In the labor market in India Dalit women experiences are different from those of the upper caste women because of the traditional notion of the caste system of purity and pollution. Dalit women are never employed as cook in the upper caste homes. They are hired to do the work of cleaning, washing clothes and sometimes looking after the sick. They are treated by other caste coming in to contact as untouchable. This notion of untouchablity leads to physical isolation and restrictions in employment opportunities. Enough is enough now dalit women movement in India is on the rise. As the United Nations Human Rights Council began its 38th session on 18th June 2018, coalitions of Dalit women activists released a report at a side event of Dalit Women Fights Against Caste- Based Violence. The report' Voice Against Caste Impunity: Narratives of Dalit Women in India, compiled account of witness, statistics and testimonies about the caste based violence in India. Demanding policy action to end this. It's the first presentation of United Nations Human Rights Council by Dalit women collectively. Dalit women are now seeking space for dialogue with Indian diplomats which had been denied. Their objective is to find a way to break through this terrible silencing of caste crime, which is the most human rights crisis of the present time. The girls face violence at the younger age at a higher rate than women. The violence is largely due to a sense of impunity among dominant caste. The mind set of the dominant castes make them feels that they can do anything they want with the Dalit girls. If she takes stands she is targeted and harassed. The report says this is the movement lead by Dalit women in India. There's nothing for them to loose but everything for them to win as they march on with the spirit of resistance in their hearts to kill the caste system. Now it is time to act for United Nations and other global human rights bodies that they must protect and safeguard the rights of Dalit women in India. AMBEDKAR VISION July - Sep. 2018 i MinorityMinority rights:rights: PTIPTI setssets aa newnew precedenceprecedence inin PPakistanakistan PTI has set a new precedence in the politics of Pakistan as when he found out it nominated *Wazir Zada, a socio-political activist from about the young Chitral as its MPA in the KP Assembly. activist from his home who would He will be the first ever Kalash legislator on a reserved become an MPA, seat for minorities in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa he was very happy. Assembly.* “It is a big day for Kalash or Kalasha are the smallest ethno-religious the Kalash people, community of Pakistan and are famous for their beliefs, as for the first time in history a Kalash community culture and festivals. Wazir Zada, who has a masters in member has been nominated by a political party for an political science from Peshawar University and then assembly seat,” he said. joined the Ayun and Valleys Development Programme, gained popularity for his community service for Kalash A young Chitrali man named Azhar Ali said the people, through local support organisations based in nomination of people from the Kalash tribes to the Ayun and the adjoining Kalash valleys. national and provincial assembly would address the marginalisation of the people residing in the Chitral Under his leadership, the community service gained district. widespread success in Chitral. Wazir Zada, through his tireless “We speak different languages in dedication to this social cause, the region and the Kalash from s u c c e s s f u l l y b r o u g h t the Dardic family of the Indo- international and national donors Aryan branch is a historical to the valleys to work with the dialect,” he added. local community directly. They also work on Kalash cultural Azhar said that the PTI's victory preservation. means that the problems faced by marginalised communities such Wazir Zada has been affiliated as the Kalash and others living in with the Pakistan Tehreek-e- the Chitral Valley will be Insaf from the start. The party addressed in the assembly floor gave Wazir Zada the chance to Kalash or Kalasha are the smallest by their own representative. become the first Kalash person to be elected to the provincial ethno-religious community of “Now it is a matter of great assembly on one of the two Pakistan and are famous for their pleasure that we have our own reserved seats for minorities. beliefs, culture and festivals. Wazir representative who could solve Zada, who has a masters in political o u r p r o b l e m s . T h i s i s The people of the two ancient science from Peshawar University encouraging and he will be the valleys of Bumburate and Birir and then joined the Ayun and first Kalash member in history to came out on the streets to become a member of the KP celebrate Wazir Zada's win. Valleys Development Programme, Assembly,” wrote a Kalash g a i n e d p o p u l a r i t y f o r h i s community member on social Khizer Hayat, a government community service for Kalash media. employee from Chitral who first people, through local support broke the news of Wazir Zada's organisations based in Ayun and the Source: Times of Islamabad new status as an MPA on social adjoining Kalash valleys. media, told SAMAA Digital that 1 AMBEDKAR VISION July - Sep. 2018 DalitDalit WWomenomen FightFight againstagainst CasteCaste-Based-Based ViolenceViolence inin IndiaIndia -- UNUN sideside EventEvent UN side-event hears cases of caste-based violence against Dalit women in India, where UN and legal experts respond with calls for action. The report 'Voices Against Caste Impunity: Narratives of Dalit Women in India', was also released at the event. v i o l e n c e against Dalit On June 21, 2018, the side event titled “Dalit Women women and girls. Victims of caste- Fight against Caste-Based Violence” was organized at based violence are disproportionately consisted of the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council, by the young women of college age. There is also a very high International Movement Against All Forms of rate of sexual violence supposedly six Dalit women are Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), Human Rights raped every day according to government data. Watch (HRW), Minority Rights Group (MRG), Anti- Slavery International, FORUM-ASIA, and Franciscans Ms. Kowtal introduced that the national campaign on International (FI). The event was supported by the Dalit women's rights has been active in India including National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) on organizing protests and conducting researches, and and the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN). has constantly engaged with the UN human rights. Mr. John Fisher from HRW moderated the event. Ms. She questioned whether the UN considers caste-based Asha Kowtal, General-Secretary of the All India Dalit crimes as one of the global crises of today. She stressed Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) presented that there is no point in celebrating the Universal testimonies from victims in India. The panel of experts Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) when these who responded to the testimonies included Ms. Vrinda grave and heinous crimes are swept under the carpet. Grover, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India (via Skype), Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, UN Special Among hundreds of cases where the perpetrator goes Rapporteur on violence against women, and Ms. Rita scot-free, five testimonies were brought to the side- Izsák-Ndiaye, Member of the UN Committee on the event, shedding light on a clear nexus between the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). police, the investigative officers and the machinery, going hand in hand with the perpetrators.
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