Tag: scavenging
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Man or machine? Eliminating manual scavenging in India and Bangladesh
[By Sally Cawood and Amita Bhakta] Manual scavenging – the hazardous removal of human waste from drains, latrines, septic tanks and sewers by hand or with basic tools – persists as a form of caste-based slavery in South Asia. Across India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, men, women and children from low-caste, religious and ethnic minorities […]