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Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces
The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.
UP: No payment for MDM cooks on election duty?
Workers never receive money for election work despite cooking day-long meals for polling officers
UP: Anganwadi workers demand payment for election duties
Three phases of the UP Assembly Elections have concluded, yet Anganwadi workers on polling duty say they are yet to receive payment for their services
Midday Meal cooks struggling to put food on their own tables in UP
Varanasi cooks give up on schools after waiting months for dues; what do various parties have in store for them this election season?
Save our livelihoods to get our votes: UP weavers’ 2022 election manifesto
UP’s weaver community lists a detailed set of expectations from the political parties aiming for their vote for Assembly elections
Protection of Manual Scavengers under the law: The real picture
Mismanagement in providing compensation and low conviction rates render the law less effective
Urgent need to revive and sustain Banarasi weaving industry
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Weavers, activists and scholars came together for the launch of CJP's report on the state of the industry in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic induced Lockdown, and advocated for more robust policies as well as a national campaign to empower the weavers and artisans
All-India Anganwadi worker and helper strike on February 1
Unions express solidarity, give a nationwide call for protests
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