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Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatan « a dalit women’s collective
Hejjegalu (The Footsteps) – The Journey of JMS, Raichur JANUARY 27, 2016 2:51 PM / LEAVE A COMMENT Hejjegalu (The Footsteps) Duration: 26 minutes Language; Kannada with English Subtitles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDeoA7GJDhQ This short documentary film captures the story of a Dalit Madiga Women’s Collective, Jagrutha Mahila Sanghatane, Potnal. It traces the footsteps of a social experiment aimed at catalysing the birth of a grassroots Dalit women’s voice to resist,the hegemonies of caste, class and gender. The Dalit madiga women agricultural laborers used the twin principles of sangharsh (struggle) and navnirman (reconstruction) to harness their collective strength to question caste and gender-based oppression and violence while also ushering in a new dawn of dignity and justice. The film is a tribute to the indomitable spirit, resolve and ingenuity of Dalit madiga women as they continue to confront gender, caste and class oppression and provide a shining illustration of meaningful human development work. Film concept and production: Vijaya Kumar. S
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Pedagogy of occupation
The daily elements of oppression must be so grating at times that the fuse must be lit over the smallest indignity – arrrgh!
I found myself forced to do this horroble missio of going to the ministry of interior in Jerusalem . Ofcourse it is in east jerusalem . When it comes to services east and west part as well as terminology becomes vital. The unification term becomes a pure fragmentation , segregation And humiliation . I was cursing my daughter for making me go through this from the early morning hours. I was faced by a long line that reached the beginning of the gate of this ghetto . Taking into consideration we are celebrating women’s day; I couldn’t miss out thr do many messages that were around. Veiled women. Crowds of women.more veils in all ages and styles . Stirring women. Pushing women. Screaming women. Disabled women. All women trying to push Inside to speed the entrance to a ghetto like compound controlled by two screaming in Hebrew soldiers to the…
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