Senator Aisha Wahab, the first Muslim and Afghan American elected to state legislature, introduces bill and calls caste discrimination "a social justice and civil rights issue."
Toronto District School Board becomes first in the country to recognise caste discrimination in city's schools, weeks after Seattle became first US city to outlaw caste discrimination.
Ordinance approved by 6-1 vote had support of Dalit activist-led organisations like Equality Labs and others who say caste discrimination is prevalent in diaspora communities.
Organisations affiliated to India’s ruling BJP are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to mainstream a controversial political ideology that draws its strength from dehumanising and vilifying Muslims.
A growing number of Dalits are using hip-hop music to express anger toward existing caste inequities in Indian society.
Some 18 Canadian academics tell CBC News investigation they face harassment by local diaspora groups and foreign trolls for criticising PM Modi's government in India and its support of Hindutva, a Hindu supremacist ideology.
The results of the regional elections could either reinforce the BJP’s grip on power or give the fragmented opposition a much-needed boost.
Regarded as one of the earliest social reformers, very little is known about the woman who challenged patriarchy and conservative norms.
The incident has once again shone a spotlight on the discrimination enabled by the Hindu caste system.
A suit filed against tech giant Cisco Systems for workplace discrimination against a Dalit engineer is likely to be a precedent-setting case that shines a spotlight on caste as a global phenomenon.
As India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi marches through the institutions of the state, Muslims and other minorities are becoming increasingly imperiled and marginalised.
Members of India's Muslim community join the Dalits in their protest against the attacks by cow protection vigilantes. Dalits have also stopped their commonly tasked duties of removing the corpses of dead cows from the streets of India.
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