Sanitation Work and Workers Prioritising Issues of Rights, Dignity and Safety

This chapter analyses the work of a host of civil society innovations, which have contributed to raising a new public consciousness around sanitation work, enabled access to the rights and dignity of sanitation workers and reduced the drudgery of sanitation work. It traces the evolution of laws, pol...

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Published inSocial Innovations in Urban Sanitation in India Vol. 1; pp. 69 - 85
Main Authors Dasgupta, Shubhagato, Bandyopadhyay, Kaustuv Kanti, Dwivedi, Anju, DasGupta, Sumona, Bharti
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Routledge 2023
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
Goi
BR Ambedkar
Public Private Partnership
Pour Flush Latrines
PMC
Ambedkar
Self-Employment Scheme
Dry Latrines
Urban Sanitation
KKPKP
Civil Society
Sanitation Workers
Safai Karamcharis
SDG
Manual Scavengers
Sanitation Space
Septic Tanks
Waste Pickers
125th Birth Anniversary
NCR
CSO Engagement
National Convener
SBM
Violated
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Summary:This chapter analyses the work of a host of civil society innovations, which have contributed to raising a new public consciousness around sanitation work, enabled access to the rights and dignity of sanitation workers and reduced the drudgery of sanitation work. It traces the evolution of laws, policies and programmes directed at ameliorating the dismal condition of sanitation workers, particularly manual scavengers, while pointing to the problem of lackadaisical implementation and lack of accountability of public institutions. For decades the sanitation workspace has reported direct, cultural and structural violence suffered by sanitation workers, particularly manual scavengers. Violence has been felt at two levels - social violence of caste discrimination as well as the threat of physical violence as a result of caste discrimination and job conditions. The chapter provides examples of relevant work have been broadly discussed under two categories: campaigns and rights-oriented work and policy and research-oriented work.
ISBN:9780367768355
9781032053363
1032053364
0367768356
DOI:10.4324/9781003197102-5