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Dalit NGO Federation (DNF), established in 1996, is an umbrella organisation of all Dalit NGOs in the country. The main aim of DNF is fighting together against untouchability, all forms of caste-based discrimination and poverty. It is a national common forum for raising collective voices of Dalit community to ensure their rights, dignity and opportunity through policy influencing, networking and alliance building. Human rights and democratic norms and values are the basic guiding principle of this Federation.

Registered with District Administration Office (DAO-Government of Nepal ) and affiliated with Social Welfare Council (SWC), DNF is an independent and autonomous organisation governed by a central executive committee elected in every three years by its member organizations through a democratic process. There are 5 regional committees to work with its member organisations throughout the country.

DNF strives to protect and promote member organisations and supports them to reach and raise issues of Dalit community at grassroots level.

Primarily, Dalit Non-Governmental Organizations including Dalit Civil Society Organizations and ultimately Dalit communities of Nepal are the target groups of DNF.

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