Wow!: Sidelined from academia, India’s Dalits archive caste history
Dalits say their history is neglected by Indian institutions – so they are combing home collections to build their own archives. VIDHI DOSHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Toronto school board becomes first in Canada to recognise caste discrimination
Reuters Toronto’s school board has become the first in Canada to recognise that caste discrimination exists in the city’s schools and has asked a provincial human rights body to help in creating a framework to address the issue. The Toronto District School Board on Wednesday voted in favour of a motion to that effect, which […]
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination
Seattle, US AP The Seattle City Council on Tuesday added caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first US city to ban caste discrimination and the first in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia. Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown […]
Postcards: Nepali woman’s quest to learn takes her back to school with son
GOPAL SHARMA, of Reuters, reports on one woman’s determination to finish her interrupted education…
Contemporary slavery extensive around globe – UN investigator
United NationsAP A UN investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world, including forced labour for China’s Uyghur minority, bonded labour for the lowest caste Dalits in South Asia, and domestic servitude in Gulf countries, Brazil and Colombia. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata adds that traditional enslavement, especially of […]
Musk’s Twitter deal stirs fears of abuse in Asia, Middle East
Bangkok, Thailand/Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Elon Musk’s plan to acquire Twitter has alarmed human rights activists in Asia and the Middle East, where social media platforms have been accused of inciting violence. Musk has called himself a free speech absolutist and criticised Twitter’s policy of moderating content. But rolling back such curbs on hate speech […]
Postcards: Indian student’s fight against caste discrimination raises Dalit hopes
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to tackle caste discrimination at India’s universities…
Postcards: Denied a chair, Dalit women confront discrimination on Indian village councils
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India on the struggle of Dalit women to have their voices heard…
Dalit women: Rapes reveal double struggle of low-caste females in India
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Dalit women face “double discrimination” because of their caste and their gender…
Essay: Is it time to add ‘caste’ as a category in US anti-discrimination laws?
JOSEPH D’SOUZA, founder of Dignity Freedom Network, on why caste discrimination should be covered under US anti-discrimination policies…