• Dalit women activists highlight caste and gender discrimination at UN hearing
  The need for more attention to be paid to intersectional caste and gender discrimination and for transforming mindsets through human rights education and awareness raising, was highlighted at the UN multi-stakeholder hearing ‘Accelerating the Realization […] The post Dalit women activis […]
• Study: Dalits and Adivasis working under hazardous conditions in India’s stone industry
  Dangerous working conditions, debt bondage and below minimum wages are some of the findings of the study ‘Between a rock and a hard place‘ released by the Dutch-based human rights NGO Arisa. In the quarries […] The post Study: Dalits and Adivasis working under hazardous conditions […]
• Activists call for caste legislation as tech giant Cisco is accused of discrimination 
  The federal lawsuit by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), alleges that dominant caste managers at Cisco’s San Jose headquarters campus, which employs a predominantly South Asian workforce, harassed, discriminated, and retaliated […] The post Activists call […]
• Joint letter urges EU to raise serious concern for Dalit human rights defenders at the EU-India summit 
     Download the full letter here >>  The post Joint letter urges EU to raise serious concern for Dalit human rights defenders at the EU-India summit  appeared first on International Dalit Solidarity Network.
• Report: Over 50% of child labourers in cottonseed farms in India are Dalits or Adivasis
  A new report published by the human rights NGO Arisa has found that children under 14 years account for over 18% of the workforce in the cottonseed farms surveyed, with over 50% of the child […] The post Report: Over 50% of child labourers in cottonseed farms in India are Dalits or Adivasis a […]

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