Saturday, March 17, 2012

[ZESTCaste] Pakistan: Only 10% of Dalit girls have access to primary schools

http://tribune.com.pk/story/351145/only-10-of-dalit-girls-have-access-to-primary-schools/

Only 10% of Dalit girls have access to primary schools
By Our Correspondent
Published: March 17, 2012

Around 87 per cent of Dalit women and 63.5 per cent of Dalit men in
the country are illiterate, says report. PHOTO: FILE

KARACHI: Around 87 per cent of Dalit women and 63.5 per cent of Dalit
men in the country are illiterate, said the International Dalit
Solidarity Network's (ISIN) annual report.

A large number of them do not have Computerised National Identity
Cards. It portrayed a bleak picture of the community in India,
Bangladesh and Pakistan. The national primary enrollment rate of
Dalits was 48 per cent but only 10 per cent of Dalit girls had access
to primary schools and less than one per cent of Dalit women had
studied till the eighth grade. It stated that during the floods,
Dalits were discriminated against and were not allowed to live in
relief camps. There are an estimated seven million Dalits in Pakistan,
out of which 3.5 million live in flood-affected areas of Sindh. Nearly
70 per cent of these Dalits were labourers. The report suggested that
Dalits have no representation in parliament.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2012.


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