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Islamabad: Majoritarian politics in India impacts minority women and street vendors through systematic exclusion, targeting them based on religious identity and socioeconomic vulnerability.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, Muslim women face intersectional discrimination\u2014combining gender and religious bias\u2014through issues like hijab bans in education and online harassment. Street vendors, particularly women and minorities, face economic marginalization through forced evictions, harassment, and extortion by authorities under the guise of urban planning.<\/p>\n
In June 2025, National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) reported relentless harassment in areas like Delhi where authorities ignored legal protections under the Street Vendors Act (2014) to forcibly seize goods and dismantle stalls. Minorities, specifically Muslim vendors, have been targeted through Land or Fertility Jihad.<\/p>\n
These narratives lead to organized economic boycotts where local residents are discouraged or physically blocked from purchasing from minority sellers, leaving women vendors with no income and increased physical risk.<\/p>\n
While crimes against women are reported at a rate of roughly 51 complaints every hour, women in the informal sector often lack the social capital to seek redress.<\/p>\n
Minority women are frequently denied police assistance or face further intimidation when attempting to report harassment by local vigilante groups.<\/p>\n
Reports from the South Asia Justice Campaign (2025) highlighted that Muslim minority vendors including children and women have been forced to chant religious slogans, stripped or physically assaulted in public spaces under guise of verification or checking for illegal goods.<\/p>\n
Social media campaigns often target specific vending clusters, labeling them as encroachers or infiltrators which serves as a signal for local extremist groups to conduct raids or force closures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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