#Bangladesh #caste #gender #Dalit #Dalits

"Bangladesh: Climate Crisis Magnifies Discrimination Against 'Invisible' Sanitation Workers

Bangladesh’s authorities must urgently address their failure to uphold the rights of sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination, vulnerabilities that are only deepening amid a global climate crisis driven largely by fossil fuel combustion, Amnesty International said in a new report.

*Left Behind in the Storm: Dalit Women Sanitation Workers and the Fight for Water and Dignity*, documents the huge barriers faced by Dalit women sanitation workers in Khulna and Satkhira, on Bangladesh’s south-western coastal belt, in accessing safe drinking water and adequate sanitation, as well as their vulnerability and exclusion in climate change relief programs. It also explores how these workers are largely invisible in government policies on climate change, water and sanitation due to their caste, gender and occupation, despite being among the most affected by these policies."

https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/bangladesh-climate-crisis-magnifies-discrimination-against-invisible-sanitation-workers/

@theetracyrenee, a Black Goddess wrote:

Pssst [US-ers] who didn’t learn history: A ghetto is racist term originally [used for the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy, as early

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#blackpeople #palestine #apartheid #india #dalits #untouchables #jewish #antisemitism #whitepeople #blackmastodon

Thirumavalavan - The Leader of Voiceless 💙❤ HBD Annan Thirumavalavan 🙏🏿

#Thirumavalavan #ThirumavalavanMP #hbdthiruma #hbdthirumavalavan #vck #Viduthalaichiruthaigalkatchi #ambedkar #Mooknayak #buddha #buddhism #buddhist #dalits

Two upper-caste 'left thinkers' discuss on the Left’s growing irrelevance in India, blaming technology for its disconnect from the masses. How typical. It's not surprising then that they do not mention the near total absence of #Dalits and other oppressed communities in Left leadership since 1957. Think-tanks like #ProgressiveInternational should first send their folks to live in our communities—without income—for at least 5 years before they’re allowed to pontificate.

https://act.progressive.international/the-internationalist-issue-4/

#Prav started working as a #cooperative since #PravConf (two weeks already). We were working on the bye-laws and looking for people willing to join as members for over 2 years already.

Now we have https://prav.app/coop/ which lists the Office bearers, Board of Directors and Members.

Board is elected by members for a two year term. So far we have #Dalits, #OBCs and #Christians in the board. Inviting #underrepresented to join as members and serve on the board.

#XMPP #FreeSoftware #democracy

Caste discrimination at Koodalmanikyam is just the surface—#Kerala’s temples, from Sabarimala to Vaikom, reflect a deeper Brahmin monopoly.

#Dalits/OBCs serve in low-income temples, exposing a brahmanical oligarchy.

https://thesouthfirst.com/kerala/keralas-thin-veil-of-progressiveness-hides-an-unspoken-brahmanical-oligarchy-in-temples/

A decade-long wait for justice, dignity for #Dalits of Marakumbi: 98 caste Hindus get life sentence

In a landmark judgement after ten years, 98 people belonging to privileged castes have been imprisoned to life for attack on Dalits. Three belonging to underprivileged caste have also been found guilty.
https://thesouthfirst.com/news/a-decade-long-wait-for-justice-dignity-for-dalits-of-marakumbi-98-caste-hindus-get-life-sentence/

Key line: "Cases like this and Jyoti Pandey’s #rape and #murder in 2012 tend to gather mainstream attention while countless #women, especially from marginalised communities like #Dalits and #Adivasis, routinely face violence from upper and dominant #castes as a means of control."

https://behanbox.com/2024/08/14/why-the-kolkata-hospital-crime-could-be-the-story-of-any-healthcare-worker/

#Kolkata #India #MeToo

#Opinion: Justice for #Dalits among Dalits: All the ghosts resurface

The Supreme Court on Thursday, 1 August 2024, ruled that state governments have the authority to create subclassifications within SC and STs for preferential reservations. A recap.
https://thesouthfirst.com/opinion/justice-for-dalits-among-dalits-all-the-ghosts-resurface/