Full Coverage: Social exclusion

30.11.2007

30.11.2007 An art and photography exhibition in Kathmandu brings to light the difficulties faced by young Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Forced out of their home country with their families in the 1990s, these young people have no memories of Bhutan, yet yearn for a return to their old homes.

27.11.2007 To promote efforts towards eradication of poverty, full employment and social integration, the United Nations General Assembly will observe 20 February annually as the World Day of Social Justice, beginning in 2009.

27.11.2007 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘moment of enlightenment’ has described the act of manual scavenging a spiritual experience for dalits! In India, more than one million people are engaged in this inhuman and degrading form of work, despite a law that prohibits either employment of scavengers or construction of dry latrines.

22.11.2007 Released on November 20, a World Bank study on people with disabilities in India finds low levels of literacy and employment among approximately 90 million of its population. Majority of Indians see disability as a ‘curse of God’ and turn a blind eye to their problems.

15.11.2007

08.11.2007 An international conference is being organised by Deshkal Society in the Indian capital New Delhi from 14-16 December. The conference will discuss new frameworks through comparative study of teaching and learning experiences in plural societies in the context of school education.

06.11.2007 The Musahar community, one of the most disadvantaged sub caste within Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, India, have seen abject poverty for generations. Action Aid is now helping the community discover the power of collective action by spreading awareness and making use of an innovative communal grain bank.

02.11.2007 Recent lynching of ten members of a denotified tribe in Bihar is a gruesome reminder of the societal prejudices that run deep. Even after sixty years of independence, millions of people in India continue to be treated as criminals, feels Kannan Kasturi, an independent researcher and writer on issues related to law, policy and governance.