A liberated manual scavenger, unwilling to show her identity...

ALWAR, RAJASTHAN, ALWAR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA - 2016/05/15: A liberated manual scavenger, unwilling to show her identity poses for a photograph. According to United Nation Manual scavenging refers to "the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from dry latrines and sewers. It often involves using the most basic of tools such as buckets, brooms and baskets. The practice of manual scavenging is linked to Indias caste system where so-called lower castes were expected to perform this job. Manual scavengers are amongst the poorest and most disadvantaged communities in India." "In 1993, India banned the employment of people as manual scavengers. In 2013, landmark new legislation in the form of the Manual Scavengers Act was passed which seeks to reinforce this ban by prohibiting manual scavenging in all forms and ensures the rehabilitation of manual scavengers to be identified through a mandatory survey." Nai Disha is one of the camps run by NGO aiming to help those been working in such poor condition in the past and help them to gain new skill to enable them to seek works with better condition. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)