Human Wrongs Watch
12 July 2018 (UN Women)* — Beena Pallical is the Executive Director at the Asia Dalit Rights Forum and the current Manager of a programme seeking to strengthen Dalit Women’s Economic Rights across South Asia [1].
Portrait of Beena Pallical, India, National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), 2017. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
The Dalit community in this region is still considered the lowest of the historical castes and suffers widespread discrimination, despite recent legislation and initiatives.
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Within the community, the specific problem of women’s economic empowerment has received little attention, but is now the focus of a two-year programme funded by UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality.
What are the fundamental challenges facing Dalit women?
Across Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, there are around 201 million Dalit men, women and children.
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