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

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