Post-1_Sexual_harassment_in_India
Dalit women in Nepal face caste and
gender discrimination in every area of their lives. This is a terrible reality
of their existence. Dalit women are at greater risk of sexual harassment, abuse,
human trafficking, and violence. More than half of Dalit girls have to be
married before the age of 16. In primary education a Dalit girl
often faces shame and humiliation from non-Dalit students. And she’s afraid to
comlain her teacher about the situation and to trust him. And only about 12% of
Dalit girls go on to secondary education.
I’ve read the really wonderful article about the rights of Dalit women written
by Mimi Mondal, The Indian Express», October 15. I want to share my opinion
about this with you.
«#MeTooIndia» was
the media expose of sexual harassment started by a Dalit woman, Raya Sarkar in
2017. The most important feature of this project that it is built on trust.
Mimi says that Dalit women have been actively
stopped from speaking. Their mothers and grandmothers have taught them: It is
never the right time in India to care about our oppressions. They aren’t
allowed to mention what they didn’t get. They are never welcome to star
anything. Then Mimi’s told us a myth about «priviliged Dalit» in her article. All
the Dalits who are well-educated, articulate, have enough social safety—the
only ones of them who have the power and skills to raise their voice and
criticise the Savarna hegemony—are effectively delegitimised from speaking for their
community. It’s the truth of their life. And neihther Sujatha nor her (I mean
Mimi) are not the “right” kind of Dalit for liberal Savarna tastes. «The
“right” kind of Dalit is the body that was pulled down from the tree or fished
out of the sewer, because that one is no longer squeaking,» - Mimi says.
She’s added that she also has a #MeToo story of
her own, but Savarna India isn’t able to hear it today.
(https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/a-dalit-womans-thoughts-on-metooindia-5402538/)
Maybe Nepal will become free of women’s
harrasment one day. But, today is not that day.
https://www.womankind.org.uk/dalit-women
Hello Dasha, thanks a lot for your post. You've chosen a very interesting article that gives a deep insight into the lives of Dalit women. What would be interesting to learn more about is what the society should do to improve the situation. Also, if we consider the situation in Russia, it is not very positive if we consider the attitude to women and the observation of their rights. I often wonder what can/should be done to improve the situation. Do you?
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