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Voormalige poepruimers lopen storm op New Delhi
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Recent onderzoek door de Rights Education Development Centre (READ) in Sathyamangalam (Tamil Nadu) toont 146 gedwongen poepruimers in Erode district. Het grootste deel van hen behoort tot de Arunthathiyer-gemeenschap. |
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27 apr 2012: Manual Scavenging highlighted by ILO and others in conferences, reports and a hearing
(IDSN.org)
These past months have seen a flurry of activity to support the struggle to end the abhorrent practice of Dalits being employed to remove human waste from dry latrines manually which persists despite having been officially abolished by law in India since 1993. In India, the ILO has organised a conference to address this problem.
3 apr 2012: Census 2011 belies Gujarat's claims, 2,500 households still use manual scavenging (The Indian Express)
30 mrt 2012: A blot upon the nation (The Hindu)
A national public hearing on rehabilitation of manual scavengers throws up several issues that need immediate redress to restore dignity to the community.
28 mrt 2012: Uncompleted and unsuccessful rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their children in India (Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan)
Brief Report on National Public Hearing on "Rehabilitation of manual Scavengers and their Children in India", 28th March 2012, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi
24 mrt 2012: A law for atonement (The Hindu)
The new Bill on eliminating manual scavenging with stronger accountability mechanisms can be a major milestone in our journey for equality.
20 okt 2011: Bevrijde poepruimsters ontmoeten 64 parlementariërs voor nieuwe wetgeving (Garima Abhiyabn/Jan Sashas)
18 apr 2011: Two safai karamcharis die while cleaning manhole (The Times of India)
15 apr 2011: Lives Wasted In Gutters
(India Unheard)
26 mrt 2011: Scavenging Profession: Between Class and Caste? (Economical & Political Weekly)
19 feb 2011: NAC [National Advisort Council] forces govt to act on manual scavenging (Indian Express)
18 jan 2011: A historical battle for dignity for India's balmikis (Mari Marcel Thekaekara)
12 jan 2011: SC asks states to ban manual scavenging (Deccan Herald)
9 jan 2011: Imprisoned for life (The Hindu)
31 dec 2010: Resisting indignity (Frontline)
21 dec 2010: Documenting the truth of scavenging (The Hindu)
Declaring liberation from the inhuman practice of manual scavenging, the Safai
Karamchari Andolan released a nation-wide survey titled “Truth in numbers” and
screened a documentary film on manual scavenging here on Monday.
16 dec 2010: Enslaved by tradition: the manual scavengers of Vidisha (The Hindu)
dec 2010: S.R. Sankaran: Champion of the safai karmacharis (Infochange News & Features)
2 nov 2010: Former manual scavengers demand apology from government (The Hindu)
2 nov 2010: A revolutionary journey, a revolutionary mission (The Hindu)
31 okt 2010: Birsa Munda Marg
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
31 okt 2010: Culmination of Samajik Parivartan Yatra
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
30 okt 2010: Ending manual scavenging: Badaun cleans up its act (India Together)
27 okt 2010: Throwing off the yoke of manual scavenging (The Hindu)
22 okt 2010: Yatra for a new life of dignity (The Hindu)
A journey across the country against manual scavenging.
22 okt 2010: Savitri Bai Marg
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
18 okt 2010: Periyar Marg
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
16 okt 2010: Jai Bhim Marg
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
15 okt 2010: The 'untouchable' Indians with an unenviable job
(Andrew Buncombe, The Independent)
Bezwada Wilson began a crusade against manual scavenging. "... Everything is messed up. People say we are unclean, but who has made
us unclean? We are cleaners; the person shitting in a dry latrine is the
dirty person," he said. "For thousands of years we have been told we are
dirty. Now people are shouting back, 'No, we are not dirty'".
7 okt 2010: From Ludhiana: Bassi Pathana Town - Fathegar Sagar dt
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
7 okt 2010: Birsa Munda Marg
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
7 okt 2010: Launching of Periyar Marg
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra.
4 okt 2010: In Punjab - Ecstasy in solidarity
Verslag van de Samajik Parivartan Yatra in de deelstaat Punjab.
1 okt 2010: Demonstratieve tocht in India tegen gedwongen poepruimen: Wet uit 1993 moet eindelijk worden uitgevoerd
Voor meer informatie over de Safai Karmachari Andolan (de beweging die zich inzet voor het uitbannen van gedwongen poepruimen in India), zie: http://safaikarmachariandolan.org/.
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