As the world observes World Cancer Day on 4 February, one intrinsic factor shapes how the deadly malady is treated in South Asia—caste. Caste creates invisible barriers that operates long …
World Cancer Day: How caste shapes cancer outcomes across South Asia Read More
“We were determined to serve citizens when we joined the local government in our respective capacities as local people’s representatives, but to our dismay, women are not given any specific …
NEPAL: Dalit women members in local government continue to face de facto discrimination, exclusion Read More
On December 15, as India reflects on its long journey toward equality and justice, history invites us to remember a woman whose courage challenged centuries of silence. Her name is Dakshayani Velayudhan, …
INDIA: Dakshayani Velayudhan: A Voice of Equality in India’s Constituent Assembly Read More
LEAD Ministries, a Christian advocacy organization, has learned of a shocking case of child abduction, forced religious conversion, and child marriage in Chak No. 47/12-L, Tehsil Chichawatni, District Sahiwal. A …
PAKISTAN: 13-Year-Old Christian Girl Allegedly Abducted, Forcibly Converted, and Married Off in Sahiwal, Pakistan. Read More
A series of community-based events marking the Jayanti of Savitribai Phule were organised across working-class and marginalised neighbourhoods of Delhi in December 2025 and early January 2026 by the Dalit …
INDIA: Dalit, tribal women in Delhi commemorate Savitribai Phule, reiterate education and dignity Read More
Indre Kami of Jiri Municipality–8, Rambole in Dolakha, and his wife Antakumari Kami were riding on a motorcycle to the district headquarters on October 19 to collect their social security …
NEPAL: Why Is disability more prevalent among hill Dalits? Read More
Pakistan has 1,285 Hindu worship sites and 532 gurdwaras, but only 37 are currently functional, mainly for two reasons including the negligible population of Hindu and Sikh communities in those …
PAKISTAN: Only 37 of 1,800 Hindu, Sikh worship sites functional in Pakistan, minority caucus told Read More
A book documenting Dalit arts and indigenous technologies was launched at the Nepal Tourism Board Hall on Saturday. Dalits’ (Shilpees’) Glorious Arts and Artifacts Under Socio-cultural Shackles, authored by Gobinda …
NEPAL: Book on Dalit artistry unveiled in Kathmandu Read More
Additional Advocate General of Sindh High Court Kalpana Devi is a politician from Larkana and an official member of the PPP. She was banned by her own Hindu Panchayat from …
PAKISTAN: Kalpana Devi’s Struggle Against all Odds to End Forced Conversions of Hindu Girls in Pakistan Read More
The 65th meeting of the Dalit Literacy Meet was held on Saturday at ‘Niramay Bhawan’ in Chandmari here. The meeting was presided over by the organization’s president, Kishori Mohan Pathak. …
INDIA: 65th Dalit literacy meet held at Chandmari in Guwahati Read More
