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A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

The Impact of Service "Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities." Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia. For more 2011 feedback click here.

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Profiles of Discrimination

Caste-based discrimination runs deep in Nepal. Dalit are systematically denied access to basic services; prevented from exercising basic rights, like marriage and religion; and denied an equal opportunity to earn a living. Dalit also seek greater political participation. Finally, Dalit struggle to gain access to the media, which is a powerful tool for social change.



This campaign will expose several different practices which perpetuate and cause caste. They include bonded labour; religion; political participation; and education. The first issue (January 2009) looks at the threat to Intercaste marriage.

From the first issue – 46 years of Rejection

"I am seventy years old and still not allowed to enter my relatives' place and touch the food” – Megnath Sharma, a non-Dalit from Baglung District who was forced to flee to India after his family refused to accept his marriage to Nanda Kumari Harijan, a Dalit woman, in 1962.

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