Nach offiziellen Angaben gibt es in Indien 201 Millionen Dalits, in Bangladesch sind es 5,5 Millionen Dalits, in Nepal 3,5 Millionen Dalits.
- Dalits („die Gebrochenen“) wurden früher „Unberührbare“ genannt.
- Dalits gelten nach den heiligen Schriften im Hinduismus als „unrein“.
- Dalits werden häufig auf Grundlage des hinduistischen Kastensystems ausgegrenzt.
- Dalit ist man von Geburt an – und im Gegensatz zur Klassenzugehörigkeit, kann der Dalit seinen Status im Kastensystem nicht verändern.
Wer ist die Dalit Solidarität in Deutschland?
Die "Dalit Solidarität in Deutschland“ ist ein Netzwerk deutschsprachiger Organisationen, Gruppen und Einzelpersonen, die sich für Menschenrechte und Verbesserung der Lebenssituation von Dalits in Südasien einsetzen. Mehr...
International Dalit Solidarity Network
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18.12.18‘Statelessness’ of Dalit communities raised at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
Renu Sijapati from the Feminist Dalit Organization of Nepal (FEDO Nepal), gave a statement at the Forum underscoring the …
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12.12.18European Parliament calls on the EU to step up action at the UN and delegation levels to eliminate caste-based discrimination
PRESS RELEASE December 12th 2018 The International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) welcomes today’s adoption of the European …
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10.12.18We have a dream
In 1948, the year that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed, thousands of Dalits gathered outside a temple in …
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03.12.18UN Special Rapporteur asks Nepal to act on violence against Dalit women
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Dubravka Šimonović made a preliminary assessment on violence against …
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01.12.18EU encouraged to step up action on the issue of caste discrimination in global supply chains
The hearing was chaired by MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, Chair of the subcommittee on human rights. Ramesh Nathan focused his …
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14.11.18UN women’s committee makes recommendations to Nepal to address discrimination against Dalit women
The Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) has released its Concluding …
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05.11.18UN CEDAW committee voices concern over difficulties faced by Dalit women in Nepal
UN experts on gender discrimination voiced concerns over the difficulties elected Dalit women face in Nepal, the need for …
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02.11.18New Report: Justice Denied – Death of workers engaged in manual scavenging (Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan)
A new report has been released by NGO Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan looking at the caste inequities underpinning manual scavenging …
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08.10.18EU high-representative calls the UN NGO Committee “hostile to civil society interests, particularly … caste discrimination.”
In her answer to MEP Jean Lambert’s question, on what the EU were doing to support IDSN’s application for UN consultative …
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26.09.18Sanitation worker deaths spark protests demanding an end to manual scavenging in India
The call to action has come from the Safai Kramchari Andolan (SKA), an organization that has been fighting for the rights of …