DALIT ADHIKAR AND SAMMAN RALLY As the Reservation Bill 2008 was passed on the last day of the Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, CADAM’s platform NACDAOR prepared for the worst. They organised a DELHI CHALO (March to Delhi) rally and SAVE RESERVATION rally on 24th February 2009. Titled as the Dalit Adhikar and Samman Rally …
PROACTIVE ROLE IN PROTECTING RESERVATION After careful study of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill, 2008, CADAM observed that a huge number of meetings had been taking place that pose shortcomings and adversely affect interests of the SCs and STs. CADAM-NACDOR prepared comments on this Bill and circulated …
INCREASING STAKE/PROTECTING RIGHTS CADAM has worked closely over the years with the policy-makers and influenced the decision-making process. It continued to provide critical inputs to the Members of Parliament in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indias’ Parliament) and Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament). CADAM President and NACDAOR Chairman, Ashok Bharti, led the WNTA …
STRENGTHENING MUSLIM VOICE IN CIVIL SOCIETY The situation of marginalisation of Indian Muslims has been amply explained by Prime Minister’s High Level Committee or Sachhar Commission. Reports have also appeared in the newspapers on the social, economic and education status of Muslims, which vindicated the point made by CADAM/TPMS/NACDOR, which have been campaigning for proportionate …
WORLD DIGNITY DAY CADAM supported and participated in “Dalit Dignity Rally” organised by NACDOR on the occasion of World Dignity Day on 5th December 2008, at the Parliament. While observance of World Dignity Day in India is primarily a Dalit initiative to oppose casteism, racism, gender and other forms of discrimination, nevertheless it reaches out …
STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT PROGRAM CADAM in association with NACDOR launched the processes for organizing the ‘Stand Up and Speak Out’ program against poverty in the states of Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. In a meeting held on 10th April, 2008, in New …
BADARPUR KHAADAR VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BadarpurKhaadar, a Muslim-majority village had caught the media’s attention in 2008 to house over 1000 inhabitants lacking even the basic amenities that many sub-Saharan villages have. Khaadar is a village so steeped in chronic deprivations that a global report referred to it as a case study of modern India’s extremes.CADAM …
CAMPAIGN FOR MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR DALITS AND MUSLIMS At the Millenium Summit organised by the United Nations in September 2000, 189 countries committed to working towards a world in which sustainable development and eliminating poverty would have the highest priority. Eight MDGs were adopted by a consensus to measure progress in …
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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Centre for Alternative Dalit Media undertakes number of researches and publishes its research for the public good. These researches present the status of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Muslims vis-à-vis their problems, concerns, needs and on necessary interventions by the Government, Private Sector, Civil Society and other Solidarity groups that …
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS At the Millennium Summit organised by the United Nations in September 2000, 192 countries committed to working towards a world in which sustainable development and eliminating poverty would have the highest priority. Eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by a consensus to measure progress in areas related to people’s wellbeing. NACDAOR …