NEW DELHI -- A rally by Christians and Muslims demanding equal rights for their dalit members blocked traffic in the main streets of the capital for several hours July 28. More than 10,000 people, ...

South India Baptist Association-founder president of Vizianagaram district R.S. John on Sunday urged Dalit Christians to ...

Nepal, June 8 -- On June 4, I visited the Gurkha village of Dhampus in the Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality, close to the ...

Amnesty International on Thursday released Left Behind in the Storm, a report showing that Bangladesh is failing to ensure equal access to safe water and sanitation for Dalit women sanitation workers ...

Christian women from Dalit groups in India have formed a network to curb physical and sexual abuse, foster leadership and promote education for women. "It is a first network of Dalit Christian women ...

Dalits in the state of Tamil Nadu hold less than 10% of the land allotted to them, according to Dalit rights groups BANGKOK, Nov 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A spat between two political parties ...

FILE PHOTO: People shout slogans as they attend a protest against what they say are attacks on India's low-caste Dalit community in Mumbai, India, August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui As climate ...

As was apparent in the aftermath of the tsunami, caste-based discrimination remains endemic in India, despite five decades of legislation to end it. Fundamental to the idea of humanitarian assistance ...

(Geneva) – United Nations member states should focus urgent attention and decisive action to improve conditions for Dalit women, four international nongovernmental organizations said today. The ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The victory of a Dalit activist in elections in India's Gujarat state is a boost to efforts to secure land for the lower caste community and free them from the ...