WHY ARE WOMEN VITAL FOR PEACE AND ACCOUNTABILITY?
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Kiruba Munusamy, an advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India, is striving for the annihilation of caste through social justice. She is working against caste and gender based discriminations, caste based atrocities against Dalits, violence against women, discrimination in the academic spaces, state repression and death penalty; and supporting equality, Dalit women’s empowerment, indigenous rights, LGBTQI rights, minorities, advancement of disadvantaged groups, freedom of expression. She also works for the emancipation of Dalit manual scavengers and prohibition of manual scavenging. Kiruba Munusamy is a judicial activist striving for social justice by eliminating all forms of discriminations, oppressions and inequalities in the society.
She explains why legal empowerment of Dalit Women is vital for the liberation and social empowerment of Dalit Women.
There are several instances where Dalit Women in India were subjected to caste-based sexual violence. None of the occasion, the investigating agency arrested the accused or conducted the investigation properly. Even if the accused is arrested and the case comes up before the courts of law, almost all the cases results either in acquittal or without any observance with regard to caste because of which the dalit women are sexually assaulted and attacked. Hence, it is important to eradicate such barriers through legal empowerment in order to socially empower the dalit women.
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Twitter: @kirubamunusamy
Instagram: @kirubamunusamy
Video credits: maaki.nl & melashvilli.nl
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