Toilet to catwalk

From excrement clearing to New York modelling A former scavenger on the catwalk alongside a professional model Walking down the catwalk in front of the great and the good in New York is a far cry from using your hands to clean up human excrement for ...

Listen (MP3) In India, half a million women work as scavengers removing human waste from the streets with only bowls and brooms. Born into the lowest caste in society, these women face discrimination, but one non-governmental organization is helping ...

It was a proud and unthinkable moment for about two score women scavengers from remote parts of India who staged a catwalk with prominent fashion models in front of the representatives of over 150 countries at the United Nations headquarters here ...