Excerpts from the Concept Note
What does it mean to be a Dalit woman, an Adivasi woman? At this conference, which is conceptualized, organized and co-ordinated by Dalit and Adivasi women, we frame these fundamental questions along with questions of the community and society at large. We examine the categories of Tribe, Caste and Gender from the viewpoints of Dalit and Adivasi women – a natural extension is to interrogate their intersections with each other and with other categories. We aim to contextualize our historical and continuing assertions against all forms of oppression and place them within a framework of social movements; as women leaders, participants and co-ordinators engaged in a process of social action. […]
Extraction of feminist articulation from oral and written traditions into the digital medium is already a vibrant activity, which even in its nascent stages has enabled several Dalit and Adivasi women to locate familiar feminist traditions within their own communities and take a critical look at received wisdom from mainstream articulations of women’s rights. […]
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Source: Call for Delegates: National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress — Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Address : http://www.tiss.edu/announcement/call-for-delegates-national-dalit-and-adivasi-womens-congress-1/call-for-delegates-national-dalit-and-adivasi-womens-congress
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