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Kalawati Bhand’s journey from a young Dalit rights activist to an elected leader in Dadeldhura district is quite inspiring for many women of her marginalized Badi community, which is still struggling for social justice in Nepal.One of Nepal’s most marginalized Dalit sub-caste groups, the Badi have a history of exploitation, exclusion and discrimination. During the historic local municipality elections in May 2017, Bhand was elected as the vice chairperson in Ajameru Rural Municipality and became a role model for many Badi.While the competition to be elected even in the Dalit quota was quite tough, given that there were many other…
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The Centre for Sustainable Human Rights (CSHR) has received information that 50 Dalit households are barred from entering the local Shiva Temple located at Jhawani, Bara District, despite providing monetary donations and their…
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The Centre for Sustainable Human Rights (CSHR) has received information about a 14-year-old Dalit girl who had been raped. It was carried out by a non-Dalit male named Santosh Shrestha (19). He is an eighth-grade…
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The Centre for Sustainable Human Rights (CSHR) has received information about Ram Kishor Harijan and his son Parikshan Harijan. They had been beaten by non-Dalits Mohan Prasad Yadav and his son Niraj Yadav. They…
The mysterious death of 35-year-old Dev Bahadur B.K.on 30 August 2017 seems to involve the Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan police, Dang District. Dev was arrested at around 6 p.m. on August 29 by police officers attached to…
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The Centre for Sustainable Human Rights (CSHR) has received information that a Dalit family was beaten at midnight on 10 September 2017 by non-Dalits, after the 25-year-old son married a non-Dalit girl. Bal Bahadur…