Breaking the chains of discrimination: an assessment of India’s legal framework and rehabilitation initiatives for manual scavengers
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DOI: 10.1080/13504630.2024.2415600
Abstract: ABSTRACT Tragically, between March and April of 2023, during a period lasting just one month, eight individuals perished while undertaking one of society’s most hazardous jobs: cleaning sewers. These fatalities have resurrected anxieties regarding the… read more here.
Keywords: manual scavengers; breaking chains; rehabilitation; chains discrimination ... See more keywords
Between paternalism and illegality: a longitudinal analysis of the role and condition of manual scavengers in India
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008733
Abstract: Manual scavengers, or ‘Safai Karamcharis’, as they are known in India, are sanitation workers who manually clean human waste for a living and face considerable occupational health risks. They are subject to deep-seated, caste-based stigma… read more here.
Keywords: illegality longitudinal; manual scavengers; analysis role; paternalism illegality ... See more keywords