Since the mid-1990s, Dalit women’s groups and platforms have expressed three concerns: impact of state policies, patriarchal bias of Dalit movements, and upper-caste/middle-class leadership of the women’s movement. Since then concerted efforts have been made to highlight these through common actions and other forms of engagement. These have led to wider alliances not only at the national level but also internationally, with other marginalised sections and communities facing specific forms of discrimination. This approach has also led to the inclusion of caste discrimination in various United Nations conventions to which national governments, such as India’s, are signatory and hence need to respond with time-bound reports, action plans and mechanisms.
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Since the mid-1990s, Dalit women’s groups and platforms have expressed three concerns: impact of state policies, patriarchal bias of Dalit movements, and upper-caste/middle-class leadership of the women’s movement. Since then concerted efforts have been made to highlight these through common actions and other forms of engagement. These have led to wider alliances not only at the national level but also internationally, with other marginalised sections and communities facing specific forms of discrimination. This approach has also led to the inclusion of caste discrimination in various United Nations conventions to which national governments, such as India’s, are signatory and hence need to respond with time-bound reports, action plans and mechanisms.
To read the complete news story please visit Front Line