News and Events
Dalit Theology Month
31st March 2025
Inspired by Black History Month, Dalit History Month was launched in April 2015 by a collective of Dalit activists, to reclaim and reassert the agency of Dalits through their stories of resistance and resilience. It is celebrated in the month of April every year commemorating the birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (14th April), a social reformer and a prophet for justice in modern India, who vehemently strived for the annihilation of caste oppression. In resonance with the spirit of Dalit History Month, #DalitTheologyMonth is being launched this April 2025 to reclaim our Dalit theological Identity, to reinvigorate our [..]
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Time to outlaw caste discrimination – MP
7th March 2025
The DSN-UK stands in solidarity, support and deep appreciation with Warinder Singh Juss, MP of Wolverhampton West for highlighting the importance of liberation from Caste discrimination. As we share this BBC news below, we would like to highlight the fact that this issue has been spoken of as important and laws passed to abolish caste discrimination more than a decade ago, tells us three things: That the issue was considered urgent enough to introduce a law That caste discrimination persists in insidious ways, and it requires more than a law to abolish caste How many generations have to change before [..]
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Human Rights Day 2024
10th December 2024
As the world celebrates the Human Rights Day today with the theme: Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now, the DSN UK echoes it from the bottom of its heart aspiring that its Vision – ‘A world without caste discrimination’ becomes a reality. We believe that Dalit Rights are Human Rights and Changing Attitudes Fostering Empowerment with Dignity – CAFÉ D. Unless Dalits experience the dignity of being total human beings, they are far from realising this year’s theme. We invite you to be part of CAFÉ – D. Join us as we strive to build such a world where all [..]
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