VAW 08: Mamata Dash on Mining and Displacement in India
By: Ryan Schlief
Posted: Sep 21 08
Witnessed: 414 times
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Indigenous peoples, Internally displaced persons
displacement, india, Mamata Dash, mining, orissa, Video Advocacy Workshop
Mamata Dash, a human rights activist, discusses her work on anti-mining and anti-displacement campaigns in Orissa, India. Her focus is on the scale of mass displacement due to the mega-projects of the past five decades. She is currently working towards creating a collective resistance among the villagers of Orissa.
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