Dalit Women Speak Out: Caste, Class and Gender Violence in India - Hardcover
Women always face violence from men. Equality is only preached, but not put into practice. Dalit women face more violence every day, and they will continue to do so until society changes and accepts them as equals. Bharati from Andhra Pradesh
The right to equality regardless of gender and caste is a fundamental right in India. However, the Indian government has acknowledged that institutional forces arraigned against this right are powerful and shape people s mindsets to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality. This is no more apparent than when one visits Dalit women living in their caste-segregated localities. Vulnerably positioned at the bottom of India s gender, caste and class hierarchies, Dalit women experience the outcome of severely imbalanced social, economic and political power equations in terms of endemic caste-class-gender discrimination and violence.
This study presents an analytical overview of the complexities of systemic violence that Dalit women face through an analysis of 500 Dalit women s narratives across four states. Excerpts of these narratives are utilised to illustrate the wider trends and patterns of different manifestations of violence against Dalit women.
The right to equality regardless of gender and caste is a fundamental right in India. However, the Indian government has acknowledged that institutional forces arraigned against this right are powerful and shape people s mindsets to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality. This is no more apparent than when one visits Dalit women living in their caste-segregated localities. Vulnerably positioned at the bottom of India s gender, caste and class hierarchies, Dalit women experience the outcome of severely imbalanced social, economic and political power equations in terms of endemic caste-class-gender discrimination and violence.
This study presents an analytical overview of the complexities of systemic violence that Dalit women face through an analysis of 500 Dalit women s narratives across four states. Excerpts of these narratives are utilised to illustrate the wider trends and patterns of different manifestations of violence against Dalit women.
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Aloysius Irudayam S. J. is program director of the Research, Advocacy, and Human Rights Education Department at the Institute of Development Education, Action and Studies in Tamil Nadu.
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“A remarkable feature of this study is its attempt to evolve a taxonomy of violence....[T]he manner in which Dalit women work to preserve a sense of the self in the midst of all works against such an effort is moving and humbling.” (V. Geetha, The Hindu)
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- PublisherZubaan
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 8189884697
- ISBN 13 9788189884697
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages445
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Book Description Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations A Note from the Authors Introduction 1 Conceptual Framework 2 Profile of Dalit Women 3 The Social Context 4 Forms and Frquency of Violence An Overview 5 Verbal Abuse 6 Physical Assault 7 Sexual Violence 8 Kidnapping Abduction and Forced Incarceration 9 Medical Negligence 10 Female Foeticide and Infanticide Child Abuse and Domestic Violence 11 Casual Factors for Violence 12 Dalit Women?s Courage and Resilience 13 Effects of Violence on Dalit Women 14 Responses to Violence against Dalit Women 15 Concluding Observations Bibliography GlossaryThe right to equality regardless of gender and caste is a fundamental right in India However the Indian government has acknowledged that institutional forces arraigned against the right are powerful and shape people?s mindsets to accept pervasive gender and caste inequality This is no more apparent then when one visits Dalit women living in their caste-segregated localities Vulnerably positioned at the bottom of India?s gender caste and class hierarchies Dalit women experience the outcome of severly imbalanced social economic and political power equations in terms of endemic caste-class-gender discrimination and violenceThe study presents an analytical overview of the complexities of systemic violence that Dalit women face through an analysis of 500 Dalit Women?s narratives across four states Excerpts of these narratives are utilized to illustrate the wider trends and patterns of different manifestations of violence against Dalit women The study calls for the implementation of comprehensive preventive and punishment measures to eradicate caste-class-gender discrimination and violence against Dalit women in both public and private life in conjunction with measures to fulfill their human rights 465 pp. Seller Inventory # 99941
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