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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 [..]

Nepal’s Dalits in Transition

5th November 2024

DSN UK is proud to present the following Book with 368 pages published on 2nd April 2024. Join us in our vision to create a world without Caste Discrimination About the Book For too long Nepal’s Dalits have been marginalized, not just socially, economically, and politically, but from academic accounts of Nepalese society as well. This volume forms part of a welcome new trend, the emergence of Dalit Studies in Nepal, led by a new generation of Dalit scholars. It covers a wide range of issues concerning Nepal’s Dalits and offers a snapshot of the advances that they have made—in [..]

The Black History Month 2024

30th October 2024

The United Kingdom first celebrated the Black History Month on 1st October 1987, and it was recognised as the African Jubilee which coincided with the 150th anniversary of the Caribbean emancipation. This year’s theme, ‘Reclaiming Narratives’, is very powerful indeed as it emphasises the importance of story telling from the perspective, experience and memory of the Black People. Reclaiming narratives enables to unfold the past in truth and honesty for the benefit of the present to build a better future. Narrative plays a key role as it differs from Story telling by choosing how to tell a story. The Windrush [..]

World Mental Health Day 2024

10th October 2024

Decent Work NOT Descent work! I am very pleased to join Dalit Solidarity UK as its Director to continue to pursue my drean and vision of a world without caste discrimination. Today, 10th October is celebrated as the World Mental Health Day since 1992. This year’s theme is ‘Mental Health at Workplace’ which becomes very relevant for Dalits who face brutal discrimination in their workplaces especially in South Asian Countries where it is practiced, and Migration of the dominant population to other parts of world where they generally continue to observe caste discrimination in discrete ways. We especially remember those [..]

Dalit Solidarity Network UK (DSN-UK) announces appointment of its director Dr Elizabeth Joy from September 2024

9th October 2024

Bala Gnanapragasam the Chair of DSN UK said, “I am delighted to welcome Dr Elizabeth Joy as the Director at the DSN-UK to further DSN UK’s vision of ‘a world without caste discrimination’. She brings a wealth of experience and skills, including two decades of proven leadership, including as General Secretary of the Student Christian Movement of India and Executive Secretary for Mission Education at the Council for World Mission. As a Director/Trustee of Churches Together in England, she led initiatives against modern slavery. She also holds a PhD from King’s College London, where she previously taught social ethics and [..]