Dalits in India are at the lowest of the caste system. Dalit women are positioned at the bottom of India’s caste, class and gender hierarchies. They experience endemic gender and caste discrimination and violence as an outcome of severely imbalanced social, economic, and political power equations. Dalit women record that they are often subjected to indecent and inhuman treatment by non- Dalits. The Dalit woman is the uppermost victim of discrimination as she is a woman, she is a Dalit and she is poor. A high number of caste-related crimes occur against Dalit women. Dalit women faced a lot of problems in public as well as private sectors. While working as bonded laborers, they face unpleasant, immoral sexual comments, eve-teasing, sexual exploitation, and rape by the high castes. Dalit women are discriminated against not only by people of higher castes but also within their communities. In this paper, there will be a focus on the status of Dalit women in India. This paper is to study the situation of Dalit women - socially, culturally, economically, and politically. This discrimination and oppression have adversely affected the development process. And the worst hits are the Dalit women.
Women’s, Discrimination, Violation, and Exploitation
. Status of Dalit Women’s in India-A Need for Inclusive Efforts. Indian Journal of Modern Research and Reviews. 2024; 2(7):58-61
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