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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Dalit women in India die younger than upper caste counterparts: Report -Ashwag Masoodi and Ajai Sreevatsan

Dalit women in India die younger than upper caste counterparts: Report -Ashwag Masoodi and Ajai Sreevatsan

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published Published on Jun 7, 2018   modified Modified on Jun 7, 2018
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According to the National Family Health Survey data, the average age at death for Dalit women was 39.5 years against 54.1 years for higher-caste women

New Delhi:
Dalit women in India die younger than upper caste women, face discrimination in accessing healthcare and lag behind on almost all health indicators.

While violence against Dalits may be the main form of discrimination visible to the outside world, there are many other ways in which caste prejudice manifests itself, one of them being health.

This is borne out by recent data from the from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).

For Dalits, who make 16.6% of the total population, health inequalities are the result of both past and ongoing discrimination, including limited educational opportunities, high health risk occupations they are forced to take up, discrimination in access to land, employment, housing and other resources.

Here’s the health status of the women from the community. In all counts, they do worse than the national average:

Anemia: According to the recent data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), among the women in the age group 25-49 who have anaemia, 55.9 % are Dalits. The national average among Indians is 53%. Even though anaemia is a widespread problem faced by women in India, for Dalit women the problem is compounded.

Life expectancy: The average age of death for Dalit women is 14.6 years younger than for higher caste women, according to the report, Turning promises into action: gender equality in the 2030 Agenda, which cites a finding from the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies in 2013. According to that finding, the average age at death for Dalit women was 39.5 years against 54.1 years for higher-caste women.

Access to healthcare: Under Indian law, it is a punishable offence to refuse to admission to hospital, dispensary, etc on the basis of “untouchability.” Still in 2016, the nursing staff of the Puranpur community health centre in Uttar Pradesh allegedly refused to admit a pregnant Dalit woman. The woman delivered the baby unassisted and the child died a few hours after being born. This wasn’t the only case. Dalits are refused admission to hospitals, or access to health care and treatment. In a number of cases those who are admitted receive discriminatory treatment.

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