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Article 17 caste caste and identity Dalits India Infrastructure Jharkhand Ranchi Untouchability
A Dalit woman who works as a sweeper wonders why people belonging to other castes have to wash the public hand pumps after she has used them. “Do they despise the work we do or do they despise us?” she asks.
A Campaign to End Untouchability
ARTICLE 17 is a campaign launched by Video Volunteers on April 14th, 2012, to urge the National Commission for Schedule Castes, (the government body that is constitutionally appointed to direct and implement the safeguards against untouchability), to prosecute cases of untouchability. Community Correspondents across the country are documenting video testimonies of different forms of untouchability. The first 22 videos are featured here and more will be added as the campaign continues.
We want to give viewers the responsibility, as witnesses, to end this age-old oppression once and for all.
Sign the petition being sent to the National Commission on Scheduled Castes.
