Cleaning human waste : "manual scavenging," caste, and discrimination in India / [Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee].

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"This 96-page report documents the coercive nature of manual scavenging. Across India, castes that work as "manual scavengers" collect human excrement on a daily basis, and carry it away in cane baskets for disposal. Women from this caste usually clean dry toilets in homes, while men do the more phy...

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Main Author: Bhattacharjee, Shikha Silliman (Author)
Corporate Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization) (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Human Rights Watch, [2014]
Subjects:
Caste-based discrimination > India.
Bhangis.
Dalits.
Sanitation workers > India.
Human rights > India.
Physical Description:i, 96 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Also issued online.
Variant Title:
"Manual scavenging," caste, and discrimination in India.
India : Cleaning human waste. [Spine title]
Format: Book
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"This 96-page report documents the coercive nature of manual scavenging. Across India, castes that work as "manual scavengers" collect human excrement on a daily basis, and carry it away in cane baskets for disposal. Women from this caste usually clean dry toilets in homes, while men do the more physically demanding cleaning of sewers and septic tanks. The report describes the barriers people face in leaving manual scavenging, including threats of violence and eviction from local residents but also threats, harassment, and unlawful withholding of wages by local officials."--Publisher's website.
Note:"August 2014."--Table of contents page.
"This report was researched and written by Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee, a consultant for the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch."--Page 92.
Call Number:HT720 .B52 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781623131838
1623131839
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Also issued online.