Between paternalism and illegality: a longitudinal analysis of the role and condition of manual scavengers in India
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 associated with their perceived ‘caste impurity’ and lack of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022-07-01
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| Series: | BMJ Global Health |
| Online Access: | https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/7/e008733.full |