[ZESTCaste] “Living outside the track”: A woman worker’s struggle against caste

http://kafila.org/2010/02/25/%E2%80%9Cliving-outside-the-track%E2%80%9D-a-woman-worker%E2%80%99s-struggle-against-caste-and-patriarchy-in-kerala/

"Living outside the track": A woman worker's struggle against caste
and patriarchy in Kerala

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:38 PM PST

This is the report of a solidarity mission that was invited by
Feminists Kerala Network to visit Payyanur and attempt to ascertain
the facts around an incident of violence involving Chithralekha, a
Dalit woman auto driver, on January 20, 2010.

Feminists Kerala Network is a loose network based in Kerala and
outside, of feminists, Dalit activists, queer activists and other
individuals involved with new social movements in Kerala.

The solidarity mission consisted of

Gail Omvedt, Professor, B. R. Ambedkar Chair at Indira Gandhi National
Open University, Delhi; V Geetha , Publisher (Tara Books), author and
social activist, Chennai; K.K Preetha, Advocate, Kerala High Court,
Ernakulam; Nivedita Menon, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
Delhi.

The team visited Payyanur on February 7-8, 2010.

Background on the History of Violence against Chithralekha and on the
Decision to set up a Fact-finding Team
Carmel Christy and Jenny Rowena, Feminists Kerala Network

Chithralekha, a Dalit woman, from Payyanur in Kannur, Kerala, was one
of the first woman auto drivers ...

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