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Caste based violence – Nanda kumar from kanathur , Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu
Nandakumar belongs to washer people community, lives in kaanathur village,near koovathur , Chengalpattu district , Tamilnadu. Washer...
May 16, 20232 min read
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Custodial torture and murder of Gokulsri
Gokulsri a 17 year old boy was living at kuppaimedu , kannadapalayam, Tambaram , Tamil Nadu with his widowed mother Priya. On 29/12/22...
May 16, 20231 min read
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APPEAL FOR SUPPORT: Kottaikadu and Muttukadu Dalit Women*
*Fisherfolk of Chingelpattu and Villupuram districts in Tamil Nadu On 24th December 2004, Kottaikadu in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu...
Sep 19, 20222 min read
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DONATION APPEAL: Maharajapuram Dalit Women’s Collective Farm
SRED’s support is founded on the upholding and promotion of Dalit women’s rights to land and access to resources. It is no secret that...
Sep 19, 20223 min read
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Dr Fatima Burnad, Founder and Executive Director of SRED
Dr. Fatima Burnad, founder and Executive Director of SRED, spent the Covid lockdowns writing a draft of her memoirs. The 180-page...
Jul 28, 20226 min read
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Shakila and the Pallur Dalit Women’s Collective
“Without women like her we cannot do what we do,” said Dr. Fatima Burnad of Shakila Kalaiselvan, founder and leader of the Pallur Dalit...
Jul 11, 20224 min read
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Divorcing Mathamma: Testaments of Caste Violence and Emancipation
Somewhere in a deep village of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu, a wedding ritual practice believed to have been abandoned decades ago...
Jul 9, 20226 min read
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Lakshmi, leader of Sex Workers’ Movement
I am Lakshmi from Tirutani Village in Thiruballur District. I was a sex worker for 34 years. I got married very young. I had one daughter.
Jul 9, 20223 min read
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