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UN Expert on Extreme Poverty Presents his Visit Report to Nepal, highlighting his concerns about Dalits and their susceptibility to poverty
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty, Olivier de Schutter, presented to the Human Rights Council his visit report to Nepal, which took place from 29 November to 9 December 2021. His visit was...
An Urgent Call to Release Human Rights Defenders in Honour of Nelson Mandela Day
Dear World Leaders, On Nelson Mandela Day, civil society organisations across the globe call on you to release imprisoned human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience. Like Nelson Mandela who...
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Annual Report 2019
The IDSN Annual Report 2019-2020 covers key developments and activities within IDSN’s work under the thematic areas Dalit women and gender justice, business and human rights and equality and...
IDSN Roadmap to the UNOHCHR Guidance tool on Descent-Based Discrimination
IDSN has published a Roadmap to the “UNOHCHR Guidance Tool on Descent-Based Discrimination: Key challenges and strategic approaches to combat caste-based discrimination and analogous forms of...
Dalit flood victims need food, water and medicine
Following the devastating floods in South Asia serious concern for Dalit communities affected by the disaster is being reported. IDSN’s members are on the ground responding and monitoring the...
Bangladesh must step up efforts to address caste discrimination say rights activists at UN review
IDSN members the Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM) and Network of Non-Mainstreamed Marginalized Communities (NNMC), took part in the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) review of...
World: Global conference urged to discuss rights of 300 million Dalit and indigenous women
Press release: IWGIA and IDSN call on the participants in the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen to address discrimination against hundreds of millions of Dalit and indigenous women. COPENHAGEN,...
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UN Expert calls on states to end caste discrimination
New report by UN Special Rapporteur constitutes milestone, human rights organisations say. GENEVA, 17 MARCH 2016 --- Caste-affected countries should take urgent and comprehensive action to combat...
Bangladesh: Millions of Dalits need water and sanitation
The Dalits of Bangladesh are deprived of access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). A new report urges to country’s government to take action on the issue and civil society groups to pay more...
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Annual Report 2015
Executive Summary In 2015, the key themes of IDSN’s work have been atrocities and access to criminal justice, the rights struggle of Dalit women, forced and bonded labour, and caste discrimination in...
Tsunami to 2015 Floods - "No Respite for Dalits in Disaster Response, Tamil Nadu": Report of Initial Findings from Immediate Needs Assessment and Monitoring Responses towards Affected Dalit Communities
Dalits hit disproportionately hard by 2015 flooding in India, no relief in sight An assessment report of the situation in Tamil Nadu following devastating floods on 9 November, 2015, finds that Dalit...
Yemen: Groundbreaking UNICEF survey reveals enormous welfare gap between Al-Akhdam and the general population
A groundbreaking mapping of 9,200 Al-Akhdam households carried out by UNICEF and the Social Welfare Fund (SWF) in Yemen reveals drastic disparities in education, housing, child protection and water...
Urgent appeal to combat caste discrimination in Nepal earthquake relief efforts
To see the press release with links to sources, click here A rapid assessment report of the situation of Dalit communities following the Earthquakes in Nepal, has found that Dalits are discriminated...
Report: Dalits short-changed in aid delivery in Nepal
A rapid assessment report of the situation of Dalit communities, traditionally marginalised in Nepal, has found that Dalits are discriminated in the distribution of relief materials in Nepal,...
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Annual Report 2014
Executive Summary In 2014, caste discrimination figured prominently in a number of reports and country reviews by UN human rights bodies. More treaty body reviews than ever before highlighted caste...
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Annual Report 2013
Executive Summary A core objective in IDSN’s advocacy for the elimination of caste discrimination is to influence policy makers and international institutions. In respect to parliamentary action,...
Inclusive Vulnerability Mapping and Monitoring of Post Disaster Response (IVM and MPDR): Towards Developing a Methodology and Template for Field Practice (A Process to ensure Dalit and Gender Inclusion)
Preface People’s vulnerability to disasters depends on their social, cultural, economic and political environment. The marginalisation of ‘lower’ castes gets magnified in disasters due to...
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Equality in Aid: Addressing Caste Discrimination in Humanitarian Response
IDSN report: Disasters hit Dalits harder A new report reveals that Dalits are particularly vulnerable to disasters before and after they strike. Consequently, humanitarian actors must pay particular...
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Annual Report 2012
Executive Summary Towards the end of the year, the brutal rape of a woman in New Delhi sparked off public outrage in India and focused the world’s attention on rape cases and violence against women...