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PostSubject: India's female scavengers are slaves of their caste, gender   India's female scavengers are slaves of their caste, gender Icon_minitimeFri Mar 04, 2016 8:18 pm

New legislation in India to crack down on the practice of forcing mainly the poorest women to clear other people's excreta will have little impact unless deeply entrenched sexism and caste bias are changed, activists said.

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Manual scavenging, a euphemism for disposing of faeces from dry toilets and open drains by hand, has long been an occupation thrust upon members of the Dalit group, traditionally the lowest ranked in India's caste system.

At least 90 per cent of India's estimated 1.3 million manual scavengers are women, according to campaign group Jan Sahas.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/indias-female-scavengers-are-slaves-of-their-caste-gender-20160303-gn987l.html#ixzz41zGDqz8Y
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