Dalit woman scholar from Karnataka appointed UNHRC Special Rapporteur

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: October 22 2022

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K.P. Ashwini, a Dalit scholar whose roots are in Kurabarahalli in Kolar district, has been appointed Special Rapporteur for United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).
She is the first Indian and Asian woman to be appointed to this post.
Dr Ashwini will take over the UNHCR special rapporteur in Geneva on November 1 for a period of six years.
She will work on apartheid policy at the global level, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance independently.

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Dalit woman scholar from Karnataka appointed UNHRC Special Rapporteur