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'''Dalit Mahila Samiti''' (DMS, and also known as '''Dalit Women's Association''') is an organization for [[Dalit]] women in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The group provides leadership opportunities and ways for women to communicate their issues with one another.

== About ==
The Dalit Mahila Samiti (DMS) was formally organized in 2002 or 2004 and is supported by [[Vanagana]], a feminist non-governmental organization.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TEYlDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Dalit+Mahila+Samiti%22&pg=PA223|title=Dalit Women: Vanguard of an Alternative Politics in India|last=Govinda|first=Radhika|date=2017-05-18|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351797191|editor-last=Anandhi|editor-first=S.|location=New York|pages=223|language=en|chapter=Different Dalit Women Speak Differently: Unravelling, through an intersectional lens, narratives of agency and activism form everyday life in rural Uttar Pradesh|editor-last2=Kapadia|editor-first2=Karin}}</ref>{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=2-3}} However, it was first organized as early as 1992 in order to mobilize [[Dalit]] women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/bundelkhands-dalit-women-rally-against-government-negligence|title=Bundelkhand's Dalit Women Rally Against Government Negligence|last=Dixit|first=Neha|date=15 February 2017|website=The Wire|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-08-18}}</ref> It is based in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (UP).{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=2}} The group has seven different clusters in two sub-regions of the [[Chitrakoot district|Chitrakoot District]].{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=3}} Men may join the women's group as ''sahayogi'', or supporters, and there is a yearly membership fee for women.{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=3}} Members of the group receive a badge and information about Dalit leaders.{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=3-4}}

DMS began to create dialogues among women in various communities in UP which lead to some women taking on leadership positions.{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=7}} Each village selects two women to represent the local DMS chapter at the cluster level.{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=8}} Clusters are organized to have presidents, treasurers and secretaries who meet once a month.{{Sfn|Andharia|Anandi Collective|2008|p=8}}

== References ==

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=== Sources ===

* {{Cite book|url=https://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/changing_their_world_-_dalit_womens_movement_in_india.pdf|title=The Dalit Women's Movement in India: Dalit Mahila Samiti|last1=Andharia|first1=Jahnvi|last2=Anandi Collective|publisher=Association for Women's Rights in Development|year=2008|isbn=|editor-last=Batliwala|editor-first=Srilatha|location=Toronto|pages=}}

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[[Category:Women's rights organizations]]
[[Category:Dalit politics]]

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