INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
WASTE PICKERS
WASTE PICKERS
The International Alliance of Waste Pickers is a union of waste picker organizations representing more than 460,000 workers across 34 countries
Supported by
The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Website: gefont.orgPrimary information
- Language
- English
- Number of members
- 310,575
- Type of members
- Waste picker support organization
- Occupation of members
- Waste pickers
- Type of Organization
- Federation, Trade union
- Organizational Reach
- National
- Workplace of members
- Door to door, Other, Street
- Organization Structure
- 15 National affiliates, with central commissions and zonal committees
- Objectives
- Rights, dignity and welfare of workers, secure trade union rights, changes to the law, social protection, secure minimum wage, access to credit, skills upgrading
- Women composition
- Special department: Central Women Workers Department - CWWD. Status equivalent to a National Federation. Coordinating platform for leading women workers associated with National Federations. Special womens programmes and campaign to organize more women.
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Complementary Information
- Information source
- WORD 6/6/2011