Dalit Women and the Struggle for Justice in a World of Global Capitalism

Grey, Mary

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“…These people were segregated and perceived hierarchically with Brahmins at the top followed by Kshatriyas, Vysyas and Sudras . Additionally, a fifth group that can be either seen to be outside the caste system or below the Sudras consisted of the Dalits or untouchables who were considered impure and ‘polluted’ (Grey, 2005) and the Adivasis , or indigenous tribals. Each of these five categories also encompasses thousands of sub-castes.…”

Section: Caste As An Institution That Affects Workplacesmentioning

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Caste and Organization Studies: Our Silence Makes Us Complicit

Chrispal¹,

Bapuji

Zietsma

2020

Organization Studies

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The caste system has received scant attention in organization studies, despite persisting over thousands of years, influencing the socioeconomic lives of over a billion people around the world and subjecting over 300 million people to severe socioeconomic discrimination. By overlooking caste, scholars risk conforming subaltern empirics to imperialist knowledge and miss the nuance and complexity that caste can bring to organization studies. We argue that the caste system is an institution that affects the workplace, yet it is difficult to dismantle because of its rooting in bodies and the sacred, which strips away agency. As an institution that is deeply embodied, caste has implications for institutional work, precarious work, and modern slavery. We conclude with a call for scholarly engagement with caste to study its implications in the pursuit of grand challenges and inclusive organizations.

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Section: Caste As An Institution That Affects Workplacesmentioning

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Caste and Organization Studies: Our Silence Makes Us Complicit

Chrispal¹,

Bapuji

Zietsma

2020

Organization Studies

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“…This is in line with other pre-pandemic studies in Nepal [ 39 , 40 ] Dalits in Nepal are a socially marginalized group and face discrimination in social, political, education, health and economic spheres. Dalit women are more likely to face violence due to their low social standing, poor socio economic status, lower literacy rate and higher vulnerability to early marriage [ 40 , 41 ]. The COVID-19 pandemic has possibly amplified these factors, making Dalit women more vulnerable to physical violence.…”

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Violence and sexual and reproductive health service disruption among girls and young women during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: A cross-sectional study using interactive voice response survey

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Introduction There is a paucity of data on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on girls and young women. The study examines the prevalence and correlates of violence and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service disruption among girls and young women during COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown. Methods An interactive voice response survey was conducted among girls and women aged 18–24 years between 10th March to 24th April 2021. The survey enrolled 1314 participants. Descriptive analysis was used to assess prevalence of violence and SRH service disruption. Two sampled test of proportion was used to asses difference in prevalence of violence before and after the pandemic. Logistic regression was used to examine relationship between the outcome variables and socio demographic predictors. Results The study did not find significant difference in prevalence of violence before and after the pandemic. Education was found to be protective against experience of both physical and sexual violence after the pandemic. Dalit participants were four times more likely to report physical violence after the pandemic than Brahmin/Chhetri participants (OR:3.80; CI:1.41–10.24). Participants from 22-24-year age group were twice as likely to experience sexual violence compared to girls and participants from 18-21year age group (OR:2.25; CI:1.04–4.84). Participants from urban municipalities were 29% less likely to report SRH services disruption than participants from rural municipalities (OR-0.71, 95% CI: 0.55–0.91). Participants with disability were twice as likely to report disruption than participants without disability (OR-2.35, 95% CI: 1.45–3.82). Conclusions To reduce violence against girls and women due to the pandemic, interventions should focus on Dalit women and on preventing education discontinuation among girls and women. SRH service during the pandemic needs to be improved for girls and women with focus on girls and women from rural municipalities and girls and women with disability.

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“…The social architecture of the four-tiered varna system did not include those at the peripheries, the untouchables, or Dalits 5 . The status of Dalits is justified by Hindu religious texts, where they are seen as 'polluted' and 'unclean' (Grey, 2005). Another category that did not find place in the caste system is the Adivasi, or indigenous tribal groups whose social organization was away from the village-based organization of the caste system.…”

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Understanding Economic Inequality through the Lens of Caste

Bapuji

Chrispal

2018

Proceedings

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Research on economic inequality has largely focused on understanding the relationship between organizations and inequality but has paid limited attention to the role of institutions in the creation and maintenance of inequality. In this article, we use insights from the caste system an institution that perpetuates socioeconomic inequalities and limits human functionsto elaborate on three elements of economic inequality: uneven dispersions in resource endowments, uneven access to productive resources and opportunities, and uneven rewards to resource contributions. We argue that economic inequalities persist because these three different elements of inequality feed from and reinforce each other. Our study underscores the potential of the caste lens to inform research on economic inequality as well as organizational theory and practice.

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Dalit Women and the Struggle for Justice in a World of Global Capitalism

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Caste and Organization Studies: Our Silence Makes Us Complicit

Caste and Organization Studies: Our Silence Makes Us Complicit

Violence and sexual and reproductive health service disruption among girls and young women during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: A cross-sectional study using interactive voice response survey

Understanding Economic Inequality through the Lens of Caste

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