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Devoid of social security, Delhi contract sewer workers get 25-35% less wages: DASAM
arun Posted On November 22, 2021


A civil rights group Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM) survey of temporary sewer workers working under contract in many areas of Delhi has found that contractors pay wages to the sewer worker only for four months, even though their […]


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Ending manual scavenging: policymaking needs to innovate beyond compensation
arun Posted On October 18, 2021


In order to end manual scavenging, policymakers must look beyond compensating individuals losing their lives from the inhuman practice, and consider long-term, holistic solutions that give caste and gender inequality, digital inequity and lack of access to finance among those […]


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Sewer workers not manual scavengers? Union minister lives in delusion, roundtable told
arun Posted On August 25, 2021


A roundtable with sewer workers, organized by the civil rights group Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM) at Tahirpur, Delhi, has taken strong exception to Union minister for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale seeking to distinguish between manual scavenger […]


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Rinku Rajguru: “I Was Moved But The Intensity Of The Reality On How Dalit Women Are Brutalised Every Day…”
arun Posted On August 12, 2021


‘Sairat’ fame actress Rinku Rajguru who is playing a pivotal role in the upcoming film ‘200 Halla Ho’ says that unless the new generation starts creating awareness and protests against the age-old brutality on the Dalit community, especially on women, […]


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