Dignity Initiative and Centre for Development Studies, Simla, India are pleased to invite you to the 16th Distinguished Lecture of the Global Dialogue on Dalit Studies in South Asia.
Speaker
Dr. Ashwini K. P.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
Topic
United Nations and Caste: Recognition, Challenges and Responses
Event Details:
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- Date: 24th May 2025
- Time: 08:00 PM Nepal | 07:45 PM India | 10:15 AM USA | 02:15 PM UK
- Meeting ID: 890 0894 0999
- Passcode: 974133
- Zoom Link: Join Session
Format
Dr. Ashwini K. P. will speak for about 40 minutes. The talk will be followed by a chat-box moderated Q&A session.
Contact
Rup Sunar
Chairperson, Dignity Initiative, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: info@dignityinitiatives.org
Dr. Prashant Negi
Assistant Professor, Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
Email: negiprashant@gmail.com
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About the Speaker:
Dr. Ashwini K.P. is the sixth United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance. She has been serving in this role since November 2022, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council.
Prior to this role, Dr. Ashwini served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in India. Her academic and advocacy work has primarily focused on social exclusion, intersectionality, and race and descent-based discrimination within the international human rights framework. She has extensively engaged with policy issues affecting marginalized communities, particularly Dalit and Indigenous peoples in India.
As part of her long-standing commitment to social justice, Dr. Ashwini has represented Indian Dalit women across various civil society platforms, supporting them in developing strategies to ensure greater representation of marginalized women in decision-making spaces within activism and broader social movements. She has also previously worked with Amnesty International India and is the co-founder of Zariya, a non-profit organization dedicated to marginalized women and knowledge production.
Dr. Ashwini K.P. is also a visiting fellow at Stanford University.