Traditionally, marrying within your caste was ensured by your relatives. Now it’s just as often ensured by apps, websites and your own family networks. In traditional systems of caste, marriage…
Caste Discrimination Silicon Valley: what surveys show, Cisco and Google cases, how tech firms responded, what Dalit tech workers report. This became a national story in the United States in…
Descent-based discrimination goes beyond South Asia. The UN Committee that monitors the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) notes in General Recommendation XXIX that…
The Burakumin are sometimes referred to as Japan’s Untouchables or caste-like minority because of their descent from communities ostracized during the Tokugawa period (Suiheisha, Wikipedia). This case study will provide…
Bonded labor was first outlawed in India in 1976 with the enactment of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act. Despite this, the system continues today. Bonded labor is often described…
The Prevention of Atrocities Act (POAA), also known as the SC/ST Act, is India’s legislation to prevent crimes against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The SC/ST Act…
The word ‘Bahujan’ literally means the majority or the greater part of the people. In India, Bahujan refers to the collective name of the communities and castes, who are oppressed,…
Officially defined tribal communities in India’s Constitution refer to communities that historically inhabit areas and call themselves Adivasi. The 2011 Census put the population of Adivasi at 104 million (8.6%)…
The Hindu Code Bill, proposed by Dr. Ambedkar in 1947, aimed to reform and consolidate the laws governing the personal relations of Hindus. These included marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption and…
