Happy New Year to all readers of Paki Tin
The last few months of 2009 were ones that flew by in an instant for me. In what has been a momentous year for many, I will remember 2009 personally as one which opened my eyes to the many ills of our society. By opening my eyes, I saw the problems - now its up to me to either close them again and ignore them, or speak up and address them. But to avoid starting the new year on a negative note, I wish all of you a prosperous 2010 and begin this year with an update from our friends at Castewatch UK - always fighting the cause for equality amongst all and making excellent progress. So much so that the Sikh community has backed Castewatch's efforts to push the Single Equality Bill through parliament. Good work.
CasteWatchUK Press Release
Sikhs support “caste amendments” to Single Equality Bill
A delegation of CasteWatchUK met delegates of a number of Sikh organisations from East London and Essex to discuss Caste Based Discrimination and the need to outlaw it with respect to the forthcoming Single Equality Bill.
It was unanimously agreed that Caste Based Discrimination is now a serious problem facing Asian Communities in Britain and agreed to support the campaign led by CasteWatchUK. The meeting also recognised that Caste Based Discrimination practices (due to various cultural reasons) also pervade the Sikh community contrary to its religious ethos. All the organisations present unanimously condemned without equivocation and ambiguity Caste Based Discrimination practices and agreed to support the proposed amendments to outlaw Caste via the Single Equality Bill. It was emphasised that Caste must be declared as a protected category along with other discrimination strands addressed by the Single Equality Bill to make for a fairer Britain.
Satpal Muman, Chairman, CasteWatchUK
Davinder Prasad, General Secretary, CasteWatchUK
http://www.castewatchuk.org/ e-mail: info@castewatchuk.org
13th December 2009
Sikhs support “caste amendments” to Single Equality Bill
A delegation of CasteWatchUK met delegates of a number of Sikh organisations from East London and Essex to discuss Caste Based Discrimination and the need to outlaw it with respect to the forthcoming Single Equality Bill.
It was unanimously agreed that Caste Based Discrimination is now a serious problem facing Asian Communities in Britain and agreed to support the campaign led by CasteWatchUK. The meeting also recognised that Caste Based Discrimination practices (due to various cultural reasons) also pervade the Sikh community contrary to its religious ethos. All the organisations present unanimously condemned without equivocation and ambiguity Caste Based Discrimination practices and agreed to support the proposed amendments to outlaw Caste via the Single Equality Bill. It was emphasised that Caste must be declared as a protected category along with other discrimination strands addressed by the Single Equality Bill to make for a fairer Britain.
Satpal Muman, Chairman, CasteWatchUK
Davinder Prasad, General Secretary, CasteWatchUK
http://www.castewatchuk.org/ e-mail: info@castewatchuk.org
13th December 2009
Positive action in 2010 - follow the correct path and you shall find what you seek
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