A coalition of civil society
organisations, together with National Dalit Watch of NCDHR and Sphere India are
organising a National Consultation on ‘Addressing caste based discrimination in
Disaster Response’, on 14-15 December 2011, in New Delhi. This consultation is
a follow up to what was held last year together with Sphere India, in the
presence of Prof. Vinod K. Menon (former member, NDMA). A set of declarations
had emerged from the consultation for more inclusive disaster response and
disaster risk reduction.
The National Consultation will
aim at (i) taking stock of the emerging context of inclusion in DR-DRR; (ii) deliberating
on the significant developments made over the last one year (iii) coming out
with recommendations for the civil society organisations and the government to
make inclusion possible. The broader objective is to facilitate a
Government-Civil Society nexus to explicitly recognise the issue and the need
to weed out exclusionary practices by acknowledging caste based discrimination
in the disaster management law and policy guidelines.
Venue: India International Center, Conference Room Number – 1
40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi - 110003
Phone – 011-24619431
Venue: India International Center, Conference Room Number – 1
40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi - 110003
Phone – 011-24619431
