Dalit feminism

Aathi Thamilar Peravai women's empowerment conference in Salem, Tamil Nadu, 2009.
Aathi Thamilar Peravai women's empowerment conference in Salem, Tamil Nadu, 2009.

Dalit feminism is a feminist perspective that includes questioning caste and gender roles among the Dalit population and within feminism and the larger women's movement. Dalit women primarily live in South Asia, mainly in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Dalit women face different challenges than women in oppressor castes in these countries. They are more likely to be poor, uneducated and socially marginalized. Dalit feminists advocate and have advocated for equal rights for Dalit women based on gender, caste and other issues. They have addressed conferences, created organizations and helped elect other Dalit women into political office.