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	== History ==		== History ==
	The National Federation of Dalit Women (NFDW) was begun as an idea in 1993 by [[Ruth Manorama]] when she helped organize a hearing in [[Bangalore]] on the topic of violence against Dalit women.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/gender/dalit-women-leaders\|title=The Making and Unmaking of a Dalit Woman Leader\|last=Bhattacharya\|first=Swarnima\|date=27 August 2016\|website=The Wire\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.challengers.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137\|title=Women Empowerment: Dr Ruth Manorama, President, National Alliance of Women\|website=Challenger Awards\|language=en-gb\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> This led to NFDW being founded in 1995.<ref name=":0" /> Later at the [[World Conference on Women, 1995\|World Conference on Women]] in [[Beijing]], NFDW participated, with Manorama being the group's representative.{{Sfn\|Smith\|2008\|p=9}}		The National Federation of Dalit Women (NFDW) was begun as an idea in 1993 by [[Ruth Manorama]] when she helped organize a hearing in [[Bangalore]] on the topic of violence against Dalit women.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/gender/dalit-women-leaders\|title=The Making and Unmaking of a Dalit Woman Leader\|last=Bhattacharya\|first=Swarnima\|date=27 August 2016\|website=The Wire\|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.challengers.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137\|title=Women Empowerment: Dr Ruth Manorama, President, National Alliance of Women\|website=Challenger Awards\|language=en-gb\|access-date=2018-08-12\|archive-date=2017-09-21\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921064351/http://www.challengers.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137\|url-status=dead}}</ref> This led to NFDW being founded in 1995.<ref name=":0" /> Later at the [[World Conference on Women, 1995\|World Conference on Women]] in [[Beijing]], NFDW participated, with Manorama being the group's representative.{{Sfn\|Smith\|2008\|p=9}}

	NFDW created several early goals, including creating several national and state-level committees, tracking crimes against Dalit people, creating resources and providing scholarships for Dalit women's educations.{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=233}} In 2001, NFDW with Manorama, participated in the [[World Conference against Racism 2001\|World Conference Against Racism]], where they "translated and discussed caste discrimination in a manner that seemed to amplify its global resonance."{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=234}} In 2006, NFDW, along with the [[National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights]] (NCDHR) held the first national conference on violence against Dalit women in the city of [[New Delhi]].{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=234}}		NFDW created several early goals, including creating several national and state-level committees, tracking crimes against Dalit people, creating resources and providing scholarships for Dalit women's educations.{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=233}} In 2001, NFDW with Manorama, participated in the [[World Conference against Racism 2001\|World Conference Against Racism]], where they "translated and discussed caste discrimination in a manner that seemed to amplify its global resonance."{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=234}} In 2006, NFDW, along with the [[National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights]] (NCDHR) held the first national conference on violence against Dalit women in the city of [[New Delhi]].{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=234}}

	== About ==		== About ==
	The organization is secular, democratically controlled and works on Dalit women's issues and also represents Dalit women both nationally and internationally.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8HvbckzEVAC&q=%22national+federation+of+dalit+women%22&pg=PA59\|title=The Power of Women's Organizing: Gender, Caste, and Class in India\|last=Subramaniam\|first=Mangala\|date=2006\|publisher=Lexington Books\|isbn=9780739113288\|pages=59–60\|language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=232}} NFDW works with local and regional Dalit women's groups to share issues and concerns with one another.{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=234}} NFDW also helps women take legal action against violence and helps provide leadership opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/fileadmin/Files/PDF/Literature_Recipients/Manorama/Background_Manorama.pdf\|title=Background Information on Dalit Women in India\|last=Manorama\|first=Ruth\|website=Right Livelihood Award\|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>		The organization is secular, democratically controlled and works on Dalit women's issues and also represents Dalit women both nationally and internationally.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8HvbckzEVAC&q=%22national+federation+of+dalit+women%22&pg=PA59\|title=The Power of Women's Organizing: Gender, Caste, and Class in India\|last=Subramaniam\|first=Mangala\|date=2006\|publisher=Lexington Books\|isbn=9780739113288\|pages=59–60\|language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=232}} NFDW works with local and regional Dalit women's groups to share issues and concerns with one another.{{Sfn\|Mehta\|2017\|p=234}} NFDW also helps women take legal action against violence and helps provide leadership opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/fileadmin/Files/PDF/Literature_Recipients/Manorama/Background_Manorama.pdf\|title=Background Information on Dalit Women in India\|last=Manorama\|first=Ruth\|website=Right Livelihood Award\|access-date=12 August 2018\|archive-date=24 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224153640/http://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/fileadmin/Files/PDF/Literature_Recipients/Manorama/Background_Manorama.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==

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The '''National Federation of Dalit Women''' ('''NFDW''') is a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting the rights of [[Dalit]] women internationally. NFDW was founded by [[Ruth Manorama]] in 1995.

== History ==
The National Federation of Dalit Women (NFDW) was begun as an idea in 1993 by [[Ruth Manorama]] when she helped organize a hearing in [[Bangalore]] on the topic of violence against Dalit women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/gender/dalit-women-leaders|title=The Making and Unmaking of a Dalit Woman Leader|last=Bhattacharya|first=Swarnima|date=27 August 2016|website=The Wire|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.challengers.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137|title=Women Empowerment: Dr Ruth Manorama, President, National Alliance of Women|website=Challenger Awards|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> This led to NFDW being founded in 1995.<ref name=":0" /> Later at the [[World Conference on Women, 1995|World Conference on Women]] in [[Beijing]], NFDW participated, with Manorama being the group's representative.{{Sfn|Smith|2008|p=9}}

NFDW created several early goals, including creating several national and state-level committees, tracking crimes against Dalit people, creating resources and providing scholarships for Dalit women's educations.{{Sfn|Mehta|2017|p=233}} In 2001, NFDW with Manorama, participated in the [[World Conference against Racism 2001|World Conference Against Racism]], where they "translated and discussed caste discrimination in a manner that seemed to amplify its global resonance."{{Sfn|Mehta|2017|p=234}} In 2006, NFDW, along with the [[National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights]] (NCDHR) held the first national conference on violence against Dalit women in the city of [[New Delhi]].{{Sfn|Mehta|2017|p=234}}

== About ==
The organization is secular, democratically controlled and works on Dalit women's issues and also represents Dalit women both nationally and internationally.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8HvbckzEVAC&q=%22national+federation+of+dalit+women%22&pg=PA59|title=The Power of Women's Organizing: Gender, Caste, and Class in India|last=Subramaniam|first=Mangala|date=2006|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9780739113288|pages=59–60|language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn|Mehta|2017|p=232}} NFDW works with local and regional Dalit women's groups to share issues and concerns with one another.{{Sfn|Mehta|2017|p=234}} NFDW also helps women take legal action against violence and helps provide leadership opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/fileadmin/Files/PDF/Literature_Recipients/Manorama/Background_Manorama.pdf|title=Background Information on Dalit Women in India|last=Manorama|first=Ruth|website=Right Livelihood Award|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

== References ==

=== Citations ===
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=== Sources ===

*{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_d8CDgAAQBAJ&q=+dalit+women%22&pg=PA232|title=Women's Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories|last=Mehta|first=Purvi|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2017|isbn=9781474250511|editor-last=Molony|editor-first=Barbara|location=London|chapter=Dalit Feminism at Home and in the World: The Conceptual Work of 'Difference' and 'Similarity' in National and Transnational Activism|editor-last2=Nelson|editor-first2=Jennifer}}
*{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Peter (Jay)|date=June 2008|title=From Beijing 1995 to the Hague 2006 – The Transnational Activism of the Dalit Women's Movement|url=https://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2008/Smith-Peter.pdf|journal=Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting}}



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