For An Informed Ambedkar Age
National Conference – Re-framing Budgets for Dalit Women in India | Oct.31, 2013 | Constitution Club, New Delhi Asha Kowtal Dear Friends, On behalf of the All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch, it is our pleasure to invite you to the “National Conference – Re-framing Budgets for Dalit Women in India” scheduled to be …
National Tribunal – Violence Against Dalit Women Introduction “Hindu Society as such does not exist. It is only a collection of castes. Each caste is conscious of its existence. Its survival is the be-all and end-all of its existence.” Babasaheb Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste, 1937. A caste society is inherently violent in nature and this …
Report of the Fact Finding Investigation conducted to ascertain facts in the case of alleged rape and murder of Dalit girl in Jind district of Haryana Background to the Formation of the Fact Finding Team On 24th August, a 20 year old Dalit girl was brutally raped and murdered in Jind, Haryana, while she …
Vinayakala Korvi As fellow Savari members started to mobilize on facebook and email in response to Asha Kowtal’s call to support the Mashaal Rally, I joined the protesters on August 31st. We reached the venue at 6 pm. It was still daylight then and the mashaals had not yet been lit. A small crowd …
Asha Kowtal and Jenny Rowena On 24th August, a 20 year old Dalit girl was brutally raped and murdered in Jind, Haryana, while she was on her way to write an examination. Her mutilated body was found near a canal the next day by the police. There were cigarette burn marks on her body …
In the second and concluding part of the interview with Asha Kowtal, conducted during the National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress held at TISS, Mumbai, on Feb 15-16, 2013, she mulls over the dynamics of the atrocities in Dharmapuri, Maharashtra, Haryana and the pervasive impunity documented all across the country with respect to caste …
Statement issued by All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch – NCDHR Navi Pillay highlights power asymmetries leading to Caste based Gender Discrimination and Violence faced by Dalit women at the side event on Dalit women in the 23 Human Rights Council, United Nations, Geneva Geneva, June 7, 2013 The UN High Commissioner, Navi Pillay, …
Dalit women on intersections of violence and discrimination at HRC 23 in the UN ~ Side event at the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council “Dalit Women: Working Together Towards The Elimination OfMultiple And Intersecting Forms Of Discrimination And ViolenceBased On Gender And Caste” On 4 June 2013, 14:30-16:30, Room VIII, 3rd floor …
Asha Kowtal has been seeking, organizing and raising the voice of Dalit women across India and the world. As General Secretary of All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) she has been actively working to mobilize Dalits, and Dalit women in particular, across states – from Dabra in Haryana to Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu …