Both caste and gender were not allowed the same pathways to dignity and and justice that other women received.

India's caste system is over 3000 years old, and it divides in those into four main categories.

Daleks, also known as untouchables.

Don't even make it into this hierarchy.

When India gained independence, discrimination on the basis of cast was made illegal.

But cases of violence against the Dalit community are still reported on a daily basis.

Today, Dalit women make up 16% of India's female population.

That's your mike Mike Way spoke to some of them about how they live with caste discrimination and gender bias.

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He still thought his parents would say no to me because according to cast, I'm supposed to be the dropout.

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It's a unique spectrum of crimes that includes being stripped naked, having your head shorn, um, you know, being, you know, tard.

You know, black being raped, any being even murdered.

How you received, like, some extremely rude, extremely aggressive commentary both in front of myself and behind my back from, like, the parents of kids, like parents off voice that I was beginning to date that, like, this girl, will not be included in our family.

Like this marriage is not happening.

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I felt like I was dragging the carcass off my identity on my back and was heavy And it was I carried it for so long that it just became a part of who I waas.

And when I came out I was able to finally take it off my shoulders and set it down And I felt free and I felt light and I felt like I had nothing to hide anymore.

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I guess what surprises people is that ballots are human not just characters or people They read about it in newspapers.

Thistle is difficult for me to answer because we've been striving for equality for so long.

How do we even start talking about equality like equality?

equalizing is a conversation that happens on Lee when you're nearly at the same level to think off a possible time when you don't have to do that.

It just seems impossible if people look at this is both women's issue and they think Onley doublet people should care about it.

We, you know, this will still take a much longer thing to achieve.

For me, equality begins with you first.

Understanding everything that your ancestors have done to mine that has left you in a much, much better place on it has left me in a much, much lower position that I also do not deserve.