Organizations

Call Shakti Vahini or the national helpline Childline to report human trafficking of tribal girls and women:
Shakti Vahini on +91-11-42244224, +91-9582909025 or the national helpline Childline on 1098.
Learn more: https://indiantribalheritage.org/?page_id=21889

“Rural communities certainly need education, but their life is interwoven with many social and cultural issues that must all be taken into account. UNESCO is right to argue that an integrated approach with a holistic view is appropriate.” – Santal educationist Boro Baski in “India’s rural primary schools still have room for improvement” (Development + Cooperation, 22 May 2016)
https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/indias-rural-primary-schools-still-have-room-improvement
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=20429

“The problem is access and availability of nutritious food”: World Food Day (6 October) – United Nations

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Source: Leave NO ONE behind, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsURL: https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/about/enDate Visited: 12 July 2022 Inequalities in Health Indices of Adivasis Abstract Despite South Asia’s promising social inclusion processes, staggering social and health inequalities leave indigenous populations largely excluded. Marginalization in the South Asian polity, unequal power relations, and poor policy … Read more

Changing Course, Transforming Education: International Day of Education 24 January – United Nations

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Read UNESCO’s concept note for the 2022 celebration >> “When you are leaving 60 percent of the people behind, you cannot have the ambition to be an economic power.” – Poonam Muttreja (Executive Director of the Population Foundation of India) >> We must do far more to advance Sustainable Development Goal 4, to ensure inclusive and … Read more

India’s tribal cultural heritage – Sikkim

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“The People of Sikkim consist of three ethnic groups, that is, Lepcha, Bhutia and Nepali. Communities of different hues intermingle freely in Sikkim.” – sikkim.gov.in >>

Upholding “Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of association” (22 August) – United Nations

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Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of association are interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing. They are enshrined in articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Upholding these rights plays an important role in the fight against all … Read more

Tribal masters of an ancient and complicated art: Making Dokra metal artefacts – Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand & Orissa

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Source: “Charming intricacies of Dokra art” by Shilpa Raina, Deccan Herald, August 12, 2015Address: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/494654/charming-intricacies-dokra-art.htmlDate Visited: Fri May 27 2016 20:54:33 GMT+0200 (CEST)