Full Coverage: Social Exclusion
January 2008
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01/31/2008
Over 1.5 million young women have been widowed in Afghanistan owing to armed conflicts over the last two decades. Food, shelter and social protection are the most pressing needs for these women and their children with most of them lacking the economic means to earn a decent living.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Afghanistan] [Poverty] [Gender] [Culture] [Conflict] |
01/30/2008
More...From: no organisation Related: [Nigeria] [Africa] [Capacity Building] [Youth] [Health] [HIV/AIDS] [Disease/treatment] Image: OWTV-Learning about living
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01/24/2008
Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay winner P. Sainath takes on the media and its propagation of ‘reverse discrimination’ where upper castes are being plugged as the victims. The bitter world where Dalits are discriminated at every step of their lives is etched explicitly in this biting critique.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [India] [Poverty] [Human Rights] [Media] Image: Mr.P.Sainath
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01/23/2008
A Dalit-centric policy framework can help the disadvantaged community to have a greater say in local and national programmes and their implementation, says a report released this month by the people’s campaign Wada Na Todo Abhiyan.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [India] [South Asia] [Development] [Education] [Poverty] [Health] [Gender] [Information & Media] [MDGs] |
01/14/2008
A people’s cycle rally over 60 days, will build public opinion on issues of concern affecting Dalits and other marginalised sections of society in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Organised by the National Conference of Dalit Organisations, the rally was recently flagged off from Rewa district on January 10.
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