International Alliance of Waste Pickers

Category: Threats

Post- COVID 19 lockdown forecast for the informal recycling sector and suggestive interventions to help in the long term

Kabir Arora | Region Asia-Pacific | May 11, 2020

1. Preference may be given to waste to energy over recycling The recycling industries across the world and in India are completely shut. The supply chains of materials for recyclin...

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Suggestions for being considerate to the needs of migrant workers, single women, children and the aged in the COVID 19 relief operations

Nalini Shekar | Region Asia-Pacific | Apr 06, 2020

06 April 2020 To Shri B. S. Yediyurappa Honourable Chief Minister Government of Karnataka Bengaluru Subject: Suggestions for being considerate to the needs of migrant workers, sing...

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Include waste-pickers and informal waste collectors in the INR 50 lakh insurance cover programme rolled out for the health-care workers

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers | Region Asia-Pacific | Apr 02, 2020

2nd April 2020 To Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman Honourable Union Finance Minister New Delhi Subject: Inclusion of sanitation workers including waste-pickers and informal waste collectors ...

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Letter to the Prime Minister for safety of waste pickers and informal waste collectors. AIW.

Waste-picker & informal waste collectors of India seek safety measures from Indian government to safeguard against COVID-19

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers | Region Asia-Pacific | Mar 23, 2020

To Shri Narendra Modi Honourable Prime Minister of India New Delhi Subject: Safety of the waste-pickers and informal waste collectors during Covid 19 pandemic. Respected Sir We the...

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Informal workers of India seek safety and financial support from the national government to survive Covid 19 Pandemic

Working People's Charter | Region Asia-Pacific | Mar 23, 2020

Statement of Working Peoples’ Charter on Coronavirus Crisis If India, with its brittle economy and even weaker healthcare infrastructure, is to survive the current Coronavirus pa...

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The story of waste-pickers who became sanitation workers in Bhopal.

The State of Waste-pickers Turned Sanitary Workers in 2nd Cleanest City of India: Irregular Salaries, No Occupational Safety Gear and No Medical Leave

Kabir Arora | Region Asia-Pacific | Nov 12, 2019

The story of the second cleanest city in India-Bhopal and those who keep the city clean. The waste-pickers turned sanitary workers (Safai Karmacharis) in Bhopal are ill-paid, salar...

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India’s cleanest city Indore evicting waste-pickers from work

The Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers members | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 17, 2018

The Alliance of Indian Waste-pickers condemns exclusion of waste-pickers in Indore. To prepare for Swachh Bharat Survey 2019 (Clean India Survey 2019), the Indore Municipal Corpora...

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