Alliance of Indian Wastepickers (AIW)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Información básica

Año de formación

2005

Idioma

Inglés, Marathi

Número de grupos

35

Tipos de miembros

Miembros son organizaciones de recicladores

Occupación de los miembros

Comerciantes de chatarra, Gestores de residuos sólidos, Recicladores, Recolectores de basura, Trabajadores itinerantes

Tipo de organización

Alianza

Alcance

Nacional

Lugar de trabajo de los miembros

Barrios marginales, Basado en casa, Botadero, Centro de clasificación de residuos, Centro de reciclaje, La calle, Puerta a puerta, Recolección de residuos de empresas, Vertedero de residuos

Membership

Sí

Estructura de la organización

The Alliance of Indian Wastepickers is steered by a programme committee, the members of the programme committee are representatives of the member organizations. Each province of India is represented by at the minimum one member of the programme committee. The programme committee members are decision-makers, decisions are implemented through the secretariat, which rotates amongst members. The organization hosting the secretariat takes the position of convenor and implement the programmes decided by the programme committee. There is a position of the national coordinator, who coordinates the network and implements the decisions.

Objetivos

Recognition of waste pickers, improve waste picker living conditions, job creation, demand provision of Government funded Social Security

Educación y entrenamiento

Cooperativismo y economía solidaria, Derechos y deberes, Entrenamiento de liderazgo, Movilización

Organizaciones asociadas

United Nations Development Programme, National Institute of Urban Affairs, Women in Informal Employment Globalizing & Organizing, Working Peoples Charter, Pension Parishad, Indo-Global Social Service Society

Financiación

Aliados, Cuotas de afiliación, Financiado por donantes

Presencia de mujeres

Majority of women

Redes sociales en Internet

Prestaciones

Servicios

¿Venden a intermediarios?

Yes

Retos para acceder a los residuos

Falta de educación y formación, Obtención de licencias

Información complementaria

Fuente de información

Updated by the Secretariat of the Alliance of Indian Wastepickers

Narrativa / Comentarios

Came together in 2005. With new municipal rules,some municipalities have extended recognition to waste pickers. In other cases, in their haste to comply with rules have adopted methods of waste collection that have displaced waste pickers. The Alliance demands: waste pickers to be integrated into systems of door to door collection: measures should be taken to enhance and expand livelihoods and employment: provision for social security should be made in budgets of urban Local governments and state governments.