Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) was founded in 1994 by a group of Dalit women (Dalit meaning “oppressed” in South Asia), who created the movement to fight against caste and gender discrimination and to construct a just and equitable society.
FEDO’s approach recognises the importance of having political representation for the voices of Dalit women to be heard. The organisation empowers Dalit women to understand and fight for their rights through active political participation. FEDO works from grassroots to policy level and has regular programmes and projects implemented in order to eliminate caste and gender-based discrimination and enhance equal rights and opportunities, working on six key priority programme areas of intervention. These include: Fighting discrimination for Dalit women rights, equitable service delivery, peace and justice, leadership development, disaster risk reduction and humanitarian support and poverty reduction
FEDO works at both the nation and district level to improve access to resources, and achieve social justice and equity for Dalit women. FEDO currently operates in 7 provinces across Nepal with 2,154 women’s groups, 53,850 group members and has 6,602 elected Dalit women leaders
Learn more about FEDO’s work here
