The Blue Club

India's first Grassroots Media Organisation led by an all-women and Queer folks team.
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We are so proud to announce that The Blue Club is being represented by our Founder Priyadharsini Palaniswamy at the UN #HRC53 happening on 5 July 2023. Mark your calendars!
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#CasteGenderJustice #EndCasteDiscrimination

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

Mark your calendars!🗓️ "Addressing the Intersections between Caste & Gender-Based Violence in South Asia", a side-event at the UN #HRC53, is happening on July 5th, 11-12 CET room XXV. Let's bring this critical issue into focus! #CasteGenderJustice #EndCasteDiscrimination (1/5)

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

9/9 Recommendation 4: Governments should hold social media platforms accountable for not withholding harmful content and collaborate with them to take down any content that might cause caste clashes or lead to caste discrimination.

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

8/9 Recommendation 3: A new law to make online #CasteHateSpeech a punishable offence must be made and be given the required jurisdictional authority.

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

7/9 Recommendation 2: The National Digital Literacy Mission, should specifically focus on caste-based #digitaldivide and speedy provision of access to ICT’s for the Dalit people especially Dalit women and LGBTQIA persons. The mission should also focus on providing media training.

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

6/9 Recommendation 1: One of the ways in which our organisation tackled the absence of safe space on digital platforms for Dalit women and LGBTQIA persons was organizing an online fellowship for them. This fellowship had people from all over India. @TheBlueClub1

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

5/9 But then comes hate speech in the comment sections and as memes or messages circulate on WhatsApp. They might look as personal attacks but often they target the person as a part of the Dalit community and uses casteist slurs and abuses to insult the person. #CasteHateSpeech

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

4/9 Dalits who had access both to the internet and a mobile phone/laptop/computer, suddenly had access to a universe of opportunities. Now some Dalits owned a small space virtually, however small or however unreal it might be.

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

🧵1/9 Delighted to have hosted Priyadharsini Palaniswamy from @TheBlueClub1at the @idsnupdates side-event. She shared critical insights on the “caste-based digital divide” in India – the inequality in access to to Information and Communication Technologies based on one’s caste.

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

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[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

⏰Just 1.5 hours left! Don't miss the powerful side-event on #CasteGenderJustice, focusing on the intersections between caste & gender-based violence in South Asia. 🌍✨ 🗓️ Happening today: 5 July 2023, 11-12 CEST. 📺 Livestreamed on Twitter. Join us! #UNHRC53 #SouthAsia

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@ISHRglobal
@IMADR_Geneva
@lutheranworld
@forum_asia
@MinorityRights
@hrw
@dhrdnetwork
@FeministDalit
@NCWLIndia

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

⏰Just 1.5 hours left! Don't miss the powerful side-event on #CasteGenderJustice, focusing on the intersections between caste & gender-based violence in South Asia. 🌍✨ 🗓️ Happening today: 5 July 2023, 11-12 CEST. 📺 Livestreamed on Twitter. Join us! #UNHRC53 #SouthAsia

[The Blue Club @TheBlueClub1]

Happening today! Stay tuned.
#CasteGenderJustice #UNHRC53

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

It's almost here! Get ready to engage in an important dialogue on #CasteGenderJustice, focusing on caste & gender-based violence in South Asia. Only 1 day left until the side-event: 5 July 2023, 11-12 CEST. Watch on Twitter and raise your voice using #CasteGenderJustice. #UNHRC53

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

We will be livestreaming📽️this crucial UN #HRC53 side-event on Caste & Gender-Based Violence in South Asia on the @idsnupdates Twitter. Tune in📺on July 5th at 11-12 CET to hear the excellent speakers from @dhrdnetwork​@TheBlueClub1 @FeministDalit​ @NCWLIndia! #CasteGenderJustice

[The Blue Club @TheBlueClub1]

we congratulate IDSN for creating this space to discuss the critical issue of caste and gender-based violence alongside @dhrdnetwork , @FeministDalit and @NCWLIndia .
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[The Blue Club @TheBlueClub1]

We are so proud to announce that The Blue Club is being represented by our Founder Priyadharsini Palaniswamy at the UN #HRC53 happening on 5 July 2023. Mark your calendars!
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#CasteGenderJustice #EndCasteDiscrimination

[International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) @idsnupdates]

Mark your calendars!🗓️ "Addressing the Intersections between Caste & Gender-Based Violence in South Asia", a side-event at the UN #HRC53, is happening on July 5th, 11-12 CET room XXV. Let's bring this critical issue into focus! #CasteGenderJustice #EndCasteDiscrimination (1/5)

[The Blue Club @TheBlueClub1]

Yashika is from Delhi. She aspires to write on gender, class and caste based issues. Through her writing she hopes to amplify the voices of the marginalised and help pave way for a better world.

[The Blue Club @TheBlueClub1]

You can usually find her reading Babasaheb and Kancha Ilaiah or working on her upcoming research study. She is a true political fanatic who is eager to truly understand the riddle of politics and caste. She's been featured on @velivada.
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Srishti Chaudhary is a poet and content writer from Delhi. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Kamala Nehru, University of Delhi.
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Sreelakshmi (she/her) is from Kerala. She identifies as an Ambedkarite intersectional feminist. Currently,she is pursuing her B.Ed from the Regional Institute of Education, Mysore. She is interested in researching and writing about caste.

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Siddhi also works towards empowering first generation learners to reach Premier Institutions to exercise education as emancipation.
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Siddhi is from Mumbai, currently pursuing Women Studies from TISS Mumbai & did her BA Social Sciences from TISS Tuljapur. She is extremely passionate about an anti caste pedagogy in Higher Education. She is a believer of decolonising & de-brahmanising feminist research.
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