About us

This is an OneWorld South Asia initiative under its Knowledge for Development (K4D) programme. This initiative aims to address the issues of social equity in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and aspects inequality viz. social exclusion, and caste discrimination and human rights in South Asia Region.

This Web site provides vital information (News, Views/Opinion, Articles, Research Studies) and communicate to concern public to better understanding of and sharing of knowldege for addressing social equality in all of the MDGs — from earadicating poverty to develop global partnership, the social equality as it relates to each goal, knowldege for advocacy and action.

The Prime aim of this initiative is to address the issues of social equity in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and aspects inequality viz. social exclusion, and caste discrimination and human rights in South Asian Region.

We try to attempt to build over number of Communities of Practice (COPs) by facilitating multistakeholders dialogues among key organisations engaged in achieving the MDGs. Integrating knowledge into ongoing development practices, the initiative is to address all round developmental issues of Dalits, Adiwasis and Minority Communities in a holistic manner. We also aims to facilitate sharing and learning among COPs through both onlinediscussion and face-to-face consultation, seminars and workshops) interactions with a view to taking collective action for pro-poor policy changes and for just society.

The major objectives of this initiative are to:

• initiate action research for relevant knowledge on discrimination, social exclusion and deprivation of socially marginalized groups;

• debate focusing on importance of social equity in achevding MDGs;

• develop partnerships and functional linkages through providing and sharing the knowledge for initiating action on public policies and contribute in transforming egalitarian social order into practice and

• advocate and campaign for promoting social inclusion, protecting human rights and prosper human development.

For More on this Initiative Contact:
Partnership Co-ordinator
OneWorld South Asia
C-5, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi-110 016
Tele: 91 11 41689000 Fax: 91 11 419001
E-mail: owsa@oneworld.net
URL: http://socialjustice.ekduniya.net