Badi Women’s struggle

Badi Women’s Stuggle Committee (Badi Sangharsha Samittee) led by led by Ms. Uma Badi has been organizing various agitation programme in Kathmandu following their 12-Point Kathmandu Declaration endorsed by Badi National Conference held on 16 August 2007. About 400 Badi activists from 11 districts of mid- and far- west are staying in Pasupati Bankali Dharmasala Kathmandu for the fulfillment of their demands. It seems two strategies are being used, a team of lobbying group is visiting several ministries and leaders to make them aware and another group is in the street demonstration. Some of the Kathmandu based Dalit organizations, Dalit Nagarik Andolon and others are also helping them for wider linkages. Community Support Group (CSG) is coordinating the movement. You may be aware that this movement has captured many media attention.

Let us join in hand for the struggle against extreme forms of exploitations, discriminations and injustice imposed to Badi community.

Report by:

Rajkumar Trikhatri

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Kathmandu, August 22- Demanding proper rehabilitation, women from Badi community, a small Dalit community inhabiting some mid-western and far-western districts that traditionally depends on prostitution for livelihood, staged demonstration in front of Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, on Wednesday.

Around three dozen Badi women, some of them semi-nude, staged protests at the southern gate of Singha Durbar. Police took under control over half a dozen Badi women for demonstrating in the restricted area.

Male members of the Badi community also participated in the protest.

Hundreds of Badi women, who are the main bread earners of their families, have been carrying out protest in the capital for the last few days demanding farming land and legal identity to their children who are deprived of citizenship certificates.

Source: nepalnews.com mk/rh Aug 22 07