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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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Autores principales: Saldanha, Sakshi, Kirchhelle, Claas, Webster, Emily, Vanderslott, Samantha, Vaz, Manjulika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35868662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008733