Bangladesh: Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers

By Amnesty International

Bangladesh authorities must urgently address their failure to uphold the rights of sanitation workers, who face economic marginalization and entrenched gender- and caste-based discrimination, vulnerabilities that are only deepening amid a global climate crisis driven largely by fossil fuel combustion, Amnesty International said in a new report. ‘Left Behind in the Storm: Dalit Women Sanitation […] The post Bangladesh: Climate crisis magnifies discrimination against “invisible” sanitation workers appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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