doing cleaning or street sweeping. They face regular abuse from both employers and the public. Dalit women can also be forced into situations of bonded labour or slavery like conditions. If a Dalit woman can find other work, she will often face sexual harassment by dominant caste people in the workplace. Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters. Dalits are not included in any specific national policies on risk reduction programmes. This affects Dalits and especially Dalit women as they are often excluded from receiving information regarding the available services to cope with disaster risk, so they have no preparedness knowledge about climate adaptation. During disasters, Dalits face caste-based discrimination when trying to access shelter or relief and rehabilitation programs. If Dalits are allowed into shelters the dominant caste peoples force them to sit in dirty places or tell them, “You are Dalit and you are untouchable so you should isolate yourself to make the shelter pure”. Many Dalit women are at risk of sexual exploitation in these disaster shelters. Women in Dalit communities are often victims of rape, gang rape, sexual harassment, forced conversion and forced marriage. They are also victims of trafficking and forced labour but Dalit women rarely see justice. People who commit these crimes often get away with it, as Dalit women are unaware of their rights or do not have money for lawyers. There is a shortage of safe drinking water and healthy sanitation in the places where Dalits live. In sweeper colonies, there are 3 or 4 toilets for every 40 to 50 households. Women in Dalit communities often have limited access to local services like maternal health, family planning, or other health services. Pregnant mothers and children suffer from malnutrition due to lack of information, these are the main causes of maternal death. Local doctors will not touch a Dalit patient and will stand away at a distance without properly examining them. Recommendations for the Government of Bangladesh: We ask all stakeholders, member states and treaty bodies to take the following up with the country whenever they can:  The Government of Bangladesh should ensure the census includes Dalits 2