Editing Discrimination (section)

===Caste===
{{See also|Caste}}

According to [[UNICEF]] and [[Human Rights Watch]], [[caste]] discrimination affects an estimated 250 million people worldwide and is mainly prevalent in parts of Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Japan) and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_discrimination.html|title=Discrimination|work=[[UNICEF]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608013440/http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_discrimination.html|archive-date=2011-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hrw.org/english/docs/2001/08/29/global1815.htm|title=Global Caste Discrimination|work=[[Human Rights Watch]]|access-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115074446/http://hrw.org/english/docs/2001/08/29/global1815.htm|archive-date=November 15, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2011}}, there were 200 million [[Dalit]]s or [[Scheduled Castes]] (formerly known as "untouchables") in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://idsn.org/india-official-dalit-population-exceeds-200-million/|title=India: Official Dalit population exceeds 200 million|date=May 29, 2013|publisher=International Dalit Solidarity Network|access-date=July 30, 2014}}</ref>