Thursday, May 12, 2011

Dalit/Karnali youth conferences in May and June

2011-05-12


KATHMANDU: A three-day national convention is to take place in the Capital from May 23 in a bid to pile pressure to establish rights of Dalit communities of Nepal over natural resources and means.

At a press conference organised here on Wednesday by Dalit Rights Forum Nepal for Natural Resources, its chairperson Sunil Kumar Pariyar said though the issue of inclusion has been established in the country, Dalit rights are still a far cry.


The convention is to take place to put pressure to ensure the rights of Dalit communities on natural resources and means, he added.

The convention will dwell on community-based forest and issue of Dalit.

Similarly, Karnali Youth Convention is also taking place on June 3-4 to chart out youth mobilization strategy for sustainable development of Karnali region, which is the most backward area of the country.
The issues to be discussed in the convention are tourism and youth for the development of Karnali, youth’s role in establishing lasting peace, youths in resource of Karnali and its utility, visioning of integrated development of Karnali, among others, informed coordinator of convention organizing committee, Narayan Giri.

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