Press Release Manjula Pradeep, Executive Director of Navsarjan Trust Untouchability pervasive across public and private life in India study finds Largest study ever conducted of practices of caste-based discrimination against “Dalits” widespread untouchability practiced across Gujarat. Caste-based discrimination, or “untouchability”, against Dalits, the community referred to as “untouchable”, continues to penetrate numerous aspects of daily [...]

PRESS RELEASE September 18, 2009 The seminar on Intersectionality: Identity, Power & Law at Columbia Law School presents Distinguished Guest Lecturer Eve Ensler in "Turning Pain to Power: Women Rising in the Congo.” The event will be held on Monday, September 21st from 5-7pm at Columbia Law School, Room JG 104. The event is co-sponsored [...]

PRESS RELEASE WHO WILL LISTEN TO OUR PLIGHT AND PAIN? 1. My name is Bhagwati Jerambhai Parmar. I live in Paliyad village in Botad taluka of Bhavnagar district. I am 13 years old. I live with my mother. My father was suffering from kidney stone and he went through medical treatment but did not survive. [...]