Abstract
In Bangladesh, an ethnic community such as barber, cobbler, washerman, porter become victims of severe discrimination despite the constitutional declaration that protects citizen's equal rights regardless of their race, caste, religion. This study focuses on various minor and untouchable groups in our society. Due to various reasons like lack of education, extreme poverty, lack of proper healthy atmosphere, etc. they could not organize themselves to establish their rights. Consequently, they remain in the darkness of the community. They also remain out of development efforts, untouchable and downtrodden. A cross-sectional survey was carried out from 12th February to 27th February 2020 in different areas in the capital city. The purpose of the study is to determine the lifestyle, family background, education level, and socioeconomic impact to access credit among these groups of people.
Highlights
Bangladesh is a land of grueling poverty in terms of economic sense
Scientific innovation improving our life gradually but a part of society is still apart from these improvements. This article highlights such a group of working people who are engaged in shoe polishing or repairing, washing cloth, cutting hair in Dhaka city as well as train/bus station and market corner, depicting the socio-economical dimension with the behavioral approach in their working in comparison with housing life, their perception on the customer and give highlights on problems and suggestive measures with changing society especially these communities
The study aims to find out the livelihood challenges of these minor groups of people and their socio-economic impact on our society as well
Summary
Bangladesh is a land of grueling poverty in terms of economic sense. Scientific innovation improving our life gradually but a part of society is still apart from these improvements. This article highlights such a group of working people who are engaged in shoe polishing or repairing, washing cloth, cutting hair in Dhaka city as well as train/bus station and market corner, depicting the socio-economical dimension with the behavioral approach in their working in comparison with housing life, their perception on the customer and give highlights on problems and suggestive measures with changing society especially these communities. The study aims to find out the livelihood challenges of these minor groups of people and their socio-economic impact on our society as well
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