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    The Role of Dalit Civil Society in Combatting Caste-Based Discrimination

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    Nepali, Subhash
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    Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
    Abstract
    An estimated 260 million Dalits continue to face caste-based discrimination and practices of untouchability. According to available census figures of Dalits in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, the Dalit population from these three countries alone totals 215 million. Bhutan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka also have Dalits but they do not recognize caste on their census.1 Lastly, the Dalit diaspora from these South Asian countries makes up a significant portion of the global Dalit population. In spite of the legal ban on caste-based discrimination and the practices of untouchability, Dalits continue to face prejudice on the basis of their birth in the lowest caste.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1055365
    Date Published
    2019
    Subject
    DS33.3; Asia -- Periodicals.;
    Type
    article
    Location
    Asia
    Publisher
    Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program.
    Extent
    volumes
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    • Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs
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