Truth to power
This document highlights the lived experiences of sanitation workers in India, their risks and discrimination, and pathways to dignity via formalisation, safer technologies and gender-inclusive opportunities.
What you will find in this document
- Unsafe, unrecognised and discriminatory working conditions of India’s informal sanitation workforce
- Pathways to dignity through certification, formalisation, mechanisation and inclusive schemes such as Garima
- Socio-economic empowerment through financial access, skills development, education support and multi-stakeholder collaboration
