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    Manual scavenging is a term used mainly in India for "manually cleaning, carrying, disposing of, or otherwise handling, human excreta in an insanitary...
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    been campaigning for the eradication of manual scavenging, the construction, operation and employment of manual scavengers which has been illegal in India...
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  • violence against Dalits, injustice towards the natives of Chennai, manual scavenging deaths, social advancement of transgender people, forced displacements...
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  • households are engaged in manual scavenging for a livelihood. Maharashtra, with 63,713, tops the list of the largest number of manual scavenger households...
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    objectives of the first phase of the mission also included eradication of manual scavenging, generating awareness and bringing about a behaviour change regarding...
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    in India is unknown but figures on "manual scavenging" can give some indication of the practice: Manual scavenging is a term used in Indian English for...
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  • responsible for making sure that other prisoners did. Law portal Manual scavenging, a system of emptying "dry" toilets Bucket toilet "Very sloppy". Private...
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    ending sexual violence against women and children, eradication of manual scavenging, forced labour practices and human trafficking in India. He is the...
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  • Unisex public Vacuum truck Jobs and activities Groom of the Stool Manual scavenging Restroom attendant Sanitation worker Slopping out Toilet training...
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    operates in India, where hundreds of thousands of workers engage in manual scavenging, i.e. emptying pit latrines and bucket toilets without any personal...
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  • addresses SC/ST students, Savarna oppression, Ambedkar-Phule ideology, manual scavenging, caste discrimination and atrocities against Dalits in his songs....
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  • society, formed a distinct caste known as the Bhangis, who continued manual scavenging. Emperor Akbar later renamed this caste Mehtar(prince or leader),...
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    and empowerment, and discussed the plight of manual scavengers and sought eradication of manual scavenging in the country. On 30 November 2011, he was...
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    economically and socially vulnerable classes who were pushed into or chose manual scavenging as a job, despite known dangers. Several programmes, policies and...
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    generation. Employment of Manual Scavengers and Creation of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act 1993 has made manual scavenging illegal. Modern Japan still...
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    debased, such as working with leather, disposing of dead animals, manual scavenging, or sanitation work, which in much of India means collection & disposal...
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  • Hindustan Times called it "a hard-hitting social drama on the horrors of manual scavenging". A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "Witness will be...
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    Modi wrote Karmayog, a 101-page booklet discussing manual scavenging. In it, he said scavenging is a "spiritual experience" for Valmiks, a sub-caste...
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  • Divya Bharathi. The film follows the daily lives of people engaged in manual scavenging, a practice officially abolished since 2013 but which is still a common...
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    [citation needed] Honey bucket, another name for a bucket toilet Manual scavenging Manure spreader "Honey wagon - Dictionary.com". Dictionary.com. Retrieved...
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    Education Literacy Ragging Environment Conservation Climate change Manual scavenging Natural disasters Water supply and sanitation Water disputes Family...
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    Education Literacy Ragging Environment Conservation Climate change Manual scavenging Natural disasters Water supply and sanitation Water disputes Family...
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    are many other terms for people doing this work; see the history of manual scavenging and the history of sanitation. Pierce, Kerry (2002). The Wood Stash...
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    carry away human waste scooped out of pit latrines, the practice of manual scavenging. It is also wide-spread in Africa. Women in particular may have practical...
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    loop scavenging is under every circumstance more efficient than cross-flow scavenging. Two-stroke diesel uniflow engine animation Uniflow scavenging flow...
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  • Caste system in Sri Lanka Caste discrimination in the United States Manual scavenging – a caste-based activity in India, officially abolished but still...
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    where hijras held esteemed positions as servants for elite households, manual laborers, military commanders, political advisors, tax collectors, and guardians...
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  • is also violated by the practice of employing people in India for "manual scavenging" of human excreta from unsanitary toilets – usually by people of a...
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