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Manual Scavenging

Manual Scavenging is a form of caste-based occupational practice involving the manual removal, carrying, and disposal of human excreta from dry latrines or sewers, distinguished by its direct linkage to systemic social exclusion and the enforcement of hereditary labor roles among marginalized communities.

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37

Authors

16

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

A survey of operational characteristics, socioeconomic and health effects of scavenging activity in Lagos, Nigeria

Abel Omoniyi Afon · Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy · 2012 · 86 citations

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An illicit economy: Scavenging and recycling of medical waste

Masum A. Patwary, W. T. O’Hare, Mosharraf H. Sarker · Journal of Environmental Management · 2011 · 77 citations

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Who is the true <i>Halalkhor</i> ? Genealogy and ethics in dalit Muslim oral traditions

Joel Lee · Contributions to Indian Sociology · 2017 · 39 citations

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Manual Scavenging: Issues of Caste, Culture and Violence

Mohd. Shahid · Social Change · 2015 · 32 citations

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An Exhaustive Analysis of Waste Segregation and Hand Sanitization in Post-Covid Era

Abhinav Saxena, Jay Shankar Singh, Medha Singh et al. · 2023 · 32 citations

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Authors

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  1. MS
    Medha Singh

    First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  2. AW
    Asang Wankhede

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  3. JJ
    Jesin James

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. SA
    Syeda Adila Batool

    University of the Punjab, Pakistan

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. HD
    Harsh Dubey

    1 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    Chennai, India

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    100 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  4. Teesside University

    Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    231 citations

  5. Bethlehem University

    Bethlehem, Palestine

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. University of the Punjab

    Lahore, Pakistan

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    69 citations

  7. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    Mumbai, India

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  8. Obafemi Awolowo University

    Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    86 citations

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  2. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. Humanity & Society

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Journal of Environmental Management

    1 publications · 77 citations

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