Meera Kumari Paswan
Meera Kumari Paswan lives in Dharampur Tol of Ward 8 of Bhangaha Municipality in Mahottari District. She has completed her Bachelor’s in Education, and now spends most of her time taking care of her home and two children. Her husband is a teacher with a temporary posting on a grant quota in Ramechhap district. They do not own any agricultural land. Her husband’s job is the only source of income to
support the family of four. She sometimes works as an agricultural labourer in her village and contributes the earning toward managing the family expenses.
She has about five years’ experience of working as a community educator with various social organizations. During her campaigns, she saw teachers and non-Dalits call Dalit students dirty and demean them. She believes that Dalit students become reluctant about attending school and drop out because of such insulting and derogatory behaviour. Therefore, she had been
Most families in her village are Tharus, and there is a significant presence of Madheshi Dalits also. In her experience, every caste and ethnicity in the village practices caste-based discrimination. After becoming involved with Apan Katha Apan Bunechhi, she has had the experience of understanding and learning deeply about caste, gender, and sexual minorities. She says that she is trying to further understand the various aspects and issues related to Madheshi Dalit women.
Meera Kumari Paswan lives in Dharampur Tol of Ward 8 of Bhangaha Municipality in Mahottari District. She has completed her Bachelor’s in Education, and now spends most of her time taking care of her home and two children. Her husband is a teacher with a temporary posting on a grant quota in Ramechhap district. They do not own any agricultural land. Her husband’s job is the only source of income to
support the family of four. She sometimes works as an agricultural labourer in her village and contributes the earning toward managing the family expenses.
She has about five years’ experience of working as a community educator with various social organizations. During her campaigns, she saw teachers and non-Dalits call Dalit students dirty and demean them. She believes that Dalit students become reluctant about attending school and drop out because of such insulting and derogatory behaviour. Therefore, she had been actively engaged in the campaign to enrol Dalit and poor children of school-going age into educational institutions.
Most families in her village are Tharus, and there is a significant presence of Madheshi Dalits also. In her experience, every caste and ethnicity in the village practices caste-based discrimination. After becoming involved with Apan Katha Apan Bunechhi, she has had the experience of understanding and learning deeply about caste, gender, and sexual minorities. She says that she is trying to further understand the various aspects and issues related to Madheshi Dalit women.
