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Unequal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in Assam's urban slums is driven by intersecting social identities and systemic governance failures, framing sanitation as an equity and rights issue rather than a mere infrastructure gap. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To investigate how intersecting social identities and systemic governance failures drive disparities in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene across urban slum settlements.

August 29, 2026Diversity & Inclusion ResearchOpen Access

Intersectional Geographies of Sanitation and Socio‑Economic Exclusion in Assam's Urban Slums

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SNShabana NazmineUniversity of Science and Technology, Meghalaya RBRituparna BhattacharyyaUniversity of Science and Technology PBPalme BorthakurIndian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati

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Quasi-qualitative study reveals severe intersectional disparities in sanitation access among urban slum residents, highlighting systemic governance failures in municipal infrastructure.

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To investigate how intersecting social identities and systemic governance failures drive disparities in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene across urban slum settlements.
Employed a Diversity–Equity–Inclusion (DEI) conceptual framework coupled with quasi-qualitative analytical methodologies.
Investigated lived sanitation realities across slum settlements in Mazar Bazaar (Guwahati) as well as Rajamoidum and Puja Dubi (Jorhat), Assam.
Showed that social positions—specifically gender, age, and migration status—dictate differential access to sanitation infrastructure, safety, and personal dignity.
Demonstrated that systemic municipal governance deficits produce chronic public health risks and deprivation qualitatively mirroring nineteenth-century urban crises.

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Nazmine et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9299bb8e5d7d1fc0c11d9b https://doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.70068

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Quasi-qualitative study reveals severe intersectional disparities in sanitation access among urban slum residents, highlighting systemic governance failures in municipal infrastructure.

Intersectional Geographies of Sanitation and Socio‑Economic Exclusion in Assam's Urban Slums

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Intersectional Geographies of Sanitation and Socio‑Economic Exclusion in Assam's Urban Slums

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