Why Global Forum?

Global Forum Against Caste-based Discrimination is a global platform to combat against all forms of caste-based discrimination. Caste based discrimination, even in this modern era, has been persisting in different parts of the world as the degrading forms of practice against Dalits community who are often identified as marginalized, historically disadvantaged community and backward community that differs by its specific regions or a country. Caste based discrimination has directly impacted more than 260 million Dalit around the globe especially in south Asia. The socio-economic, political and religious reproduction of caste based discrimination has resulted Dalit to fall into least developed human category and survive a servitude form of life.

The basic principles of human rights have guided to respect and promote the fundamental rights of every human being for their freedom and non-discrimination. This principle of non-discrimination has been set up to guarantee the rights without discrimination of any kind which includes not only purposeful discrimination, but also protection from policies and practices which may have a discriminatory effect. Beside that International Convention on the Elimination Racial Discrimination (CERD) is another important landmark to eliminate all forms of discrimination based on race and color which directly concern to the caste -based discrimination. Almost all the south Asian States have already ratified all these international convention and covenant and there are domestic laws in effect to more or lesser degree, however, the data and evidences shows that the enforcement of these instruments are not effective to ensure the rights of Dalits as a results Dalits are suffering from the caste-based discriminations day by day.

In this fragile state, there are several national and international organizations working for the elimination of this sadistic practice, however it has not been effective in its end results. There are very few international organization in order to particularly focus on caste-based discrimination. As the caste based discrimination has been deeply rooted, it requires a blow of national and international action to wipe out it from that society which still practices. Therefore, Global Forum will play a crucial role to advocate the rights of Dalits in national and international arenas through its international solidarity and lobbying programs.

What We Do?

Global Forum with a team of activist and professionals who are currently living in diaspora, with an objective of providing global solidarity against all forms discrimination, has realized the importance to initiate a global action to combat the illicit forms of discrimination. This initiative will mainly provide and seek solidarity on the rights based movement in global level; empower and mobilize affected community to establish their human rights and social justice;  contribute to the policies and program intervention to the National and International governmental institutions particularly to develop that policy/program against Caste baste Discrimination; provide humanitarian support to the affected community; Identify & mobilize the internal and external resources against the campaign of caste based discrimination related interventions. In order to achieve these objectives, Global Forum has aimed to conduct its major program such as policy lobbying through print/electronic media, research and study; seminar, conference, campaign and solidarity to eliminate caste based discrimination. These programs will be implemented by the team of executive board and professionals in collaboration with different national and international organizations.

Finally, Global Forum would like to declare its formal global action to combat against caste based discrimination and would like to urge all the nations; national and international academicians, professionals, activists to join hands in this august initiative to eliminate discrimination and contribute to bring justice and equality for Dalits.