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The xSDG PodcastBuilding Inclusive Societies Ep 04 | Are our Legal Systems Casteist?About the Guest:Nikita Sonavane is a legal researcher and lawyer based in Bhopal, India. She is the co-founder of the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, a litigation and research intervention focused on building accountability against criminalisation of marginalised communities by the police and the criminal justice system. This series is hosted by Muda Tariq, Research Associate at Belongg. Muda graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is passionate about working o...
2022-08-1425 min
The xSDG PodcastBuilding Inclusive Societies Ep 03 | Caste in the ClassroomAbout the Guest:Prof. (Dr.) Dalwai specializes in gender, sexuality, and law. Her Ph.D. thesis analyses the legal ban on dancing in the bars of Mumbai. In this work, she focuses on sexuality and law during globalisation in India with a specific reference to the caste capital of hereditary dancers. She has published in international journals and offered conference papers in many international conferences. Ms. Dalwai has worked as a lawyer with human rights organizations in Mumbai as well as health NGOs in rural Maharashtra. She envisioned and heads Development and Human Rights Institute (www...
2022-08-1431 min
The xSDG PodcastBuilding Inclusive Societies Ep 02 | Traversing Caste within the Legal SystemAbout the Guest:Manjula Pradeep is currently the Director of Campaigns in Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network Project, which covers five states of India. Manjula has also founded the Wise Act of Youth Visioning and Engagement (WAYVE) Foundation (www.wayve.net.in) which works for the empowerment and rights of marginalized youth in India building their leadership and building awareness about Constitutional Rights.Apart from that, Manjula is involved with the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. She also served as a member of the executive group of the...
2022-08-1421 min
The xSDG PodcastBuilding Inclusive Societies Ep 01 | Collective Movements and Politics of IdentityAbout the Guest:M.R. Sharan is a graduate student in the Ph.D. programme in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His primary fields of interest are development economics and political economy. He is part of a series of research projects in India and his work attempts to better understand the linkages between State policy, politics, citizens, and government. He has previously worked as a researcher at the office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, JPAL South Asia, and IGC India. He holds a B.A. (Honours) in...
2022-08-1448 min