SAFE SANITATION FOR ALL
Ensuring safety and dignity across sanitation sector
Why, in 2021, do we still read about sanitation workers deaths and what are we doing as a society to prevent this? Why does the government not ensure these workers of these basic rights? What attempts have been made at national, state or city levels to change this? What needs to be done- stronger enforcement or higher budgets or training and sensitisation of employers? Are women sanitation workers equally vulnerable as men? If any of these questions bother you, then this course is for you. We will dwell deeper into understanding these complex inter-related issues and help you weave these into your work streams.
Meghna Malhotra is the deputy director of the Urban Management Centre and is currently leading our support to MOHUA and Govt of Odisha to enable safe and dignified livelihoods with a focus on sanitation.
For safe sanitation, we need to think holistically about infrastructure and also about the people that maintain it. Urban Management Centre has been working with sanitation workers, the government and civil society for over a decade. We have developed a detailed understanding of interventions and actions that are needed from all the stakeholders to ensure that sanitation work is done safely and with dignity.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
(LONG TERM COURSE)
After completing this course, you will be able to –
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Understand the issues around sanitation workers- ranging from occupational hazards to caste- based work: the extent of the problem
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Decode the legal and institutional mechanisms that exist for sanitation workers’ safety
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Prepare an action plan at the city and state level to ensure safety and dignity for sanitation workers.
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Know the building blocks of successful practices, policies, schemes, and regulations aimed at improving the working conditions of sanitation workers;
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Work towards the overall safety and dignity of sanitation work and workers.
SHORT TERM COURSES ON SAFE SANITATION FOR ALL
2-day Live Session (online)
Dates to be announced
After completing this course, you will –
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Understand the occupational hazards of sanitation work.
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Decode the social and institutional mechanisms that are intersectional to sanitation workers issues.
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Build familiarity with the successful practices, policies, schemes, and regulations aimed at improving the working conditions of sanitation workers.
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Appreciate your role as a professional in the safety and dignity of sanitation workers.
In-Person Workshop
Dates to be announced
After completing this course, you will –
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Recognize the building blocks of a successful action plan to ensure safety and dignity for sanitation workers.
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Understand the occupational hazards of sanitation work.
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Decode the social and institutional mechanisms that are intersectional to sanitation workers issues.
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Appreciate your role as a professional in the safety and dignity of sanitation workers.