DanChurchAid: Discrimination

Caste Tentacles in Urban Ghettoes in Rajasthan

Tue, 11 May 2010 08:37:50 GMT

In the “Centre for Dalit Rights”, DanChurchAid’s partner works to empower the community to fight for their rights. An increase in violent attacks just triggers their collective strength

A one man army

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:05:23 GMT

Caste continues to be a burning issue in India’s hinterlands where violence is the norm of the day. DanChurchAid’s partner since 2003 Centre for Dalit Rights (CDR) is a pioneering organization working for Dalits’ rights in Rajasthan. Read the testimonial by Damodar, a Dalit man who has single handedly taken on the struggle for his land and identity

Fighting for the forest

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:11 GMT

India’s forest cover accounts for a little over 20% of total land and is home to more than 8% of tribal population. More than 90% of them live below the poverty line, struggling for their basic survival. Read the testimonial by Ditabhai, a tribal living in the reserved forests of India on his life and struggle with rights.

Parents struggle for Justice

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:22:23 GMT

Dusty, worn down roads and a diversion through fields onto a muddy track lead to Kumha, a village located in Southern Bharatpur, - an upper caste Jat dominated district of Rajasthan. This is a village where a young Dalit girl was gangraped by three upper caste men. She committed suicide.

Christians in Kandhamal (Orissa) attacked

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:22:54 GMT

On August 23, 2008 a wave of attacks on Christians was launched in the Kandhamal district of the Indian state of Orissa led by the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP, World Hindu Council) and its youth organisation Bajrang Dal.

Kazakhstan women met to combat loneliness, then tackled government

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Margarita Zobnina, a medical biologist in the nursing profession, joined a women's group in her native Kazakhstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union, at a time when women faced not only increasing impoverishment but also loneliness.

The nightbus of Sct. Petersburg

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:25:20 GMT

In St. Petersburg, Humanitarian Action addresses the problem of increasing HIV infections, distributing syringes and condoms to those primarily driving the epidemic forward: injecting drug users. Read this report from Maj Kastanje in St. Petersburg, where she works as a trainee with DCA’s partner Humanitarian Action.

Caste discrimination

Wed, 17 May 2006 17:55:07 GMT

DanChurchAid in India is working to contribute to the improvement of the quality of life among the poorest and most marginalised groups, in particular Dalits. Dalits in India are subject to all sorts of discrimination, including untouchability. Dalit women face dual discrimination, i.e., discrimination due to both gender and caste.

A social vaccine against HIV/AIDS

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:56:46 GMT

From the Katondwe Mission Hospital in Zambia the Sisters and local volunteers work hard to fight HIV/AIDS. Katondwe is one of eight project sights in the Danida/DCA funded FCCT programme; a programme that works to spread a “social vaccine” against the HIV/AIDS virus in Zambia.

Strong women in Zambia

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:38:17 GMT

In Zambia a group of women fight to change oppressing traditions and rituals that increase the women’s risk of being infected with HIV.