Even as several media publications have hailed the Interim Budget across India, there is no denying that the Interim Budget has left millions of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWDs) disappointed. Finance Minister of India Dr Nirmala Seetharaman, stakeholders argue, belies Prime Minister Modi’s clarion call of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas’ (All together, development…
The year 2024 is shaping to be a pivotal year not just for India, but for over four dozen countries heading towards elections. In India, the elections to pick the next government are just a couple of months
La Mauritanie, officiellement connue sous le nom de République islamique de Mauritanie, est un pays araboafricain situé au nord-ouest de l’Afrique, entre le Maghreb et l’Afrique noire subsaharienne. Elle est membre de l’Union africaine, de la Ligue arabe, de l’Union du Maghreb arabe, de l’Organisation de la coopération islamique et de l’Organisation pour la mise…
According to the local rights experts, the total CDWD population is estimated to be 2,838,032 persons, or 65 per cent of the total population. Among them, the Hratin population is estimated at 1.9 million.
Japan’s ‘untouchables’ – descendants of a shunned caste from a long-gone era – are still ostracised in modern times purely because of their lineage. Despite their past, modern Burakumin still grapple with stigmatization and discrimination in today’s Japanese society.
