African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could overcome some of the challenges they are facing and improve their livelihoods.
Desde 2007, WIEGO ha trabajado con grupos de recicladores y recicladoras alrededor del mundo que organizan y representan a gente que se gana la vida vendiendo y reutilizando lo que otros han desechado como basura. Estos grupos luchan por conseguir que estos trabajadores sean reconocidos formalmente y remunerados de manera justa por la crucial contribución que hacen a los sistemas municipales de gestión de residuos, al medio ambiente y a la vida de la ciudad.
This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here.
When we visited Sunder Nagari, a slum in Delhi, in the middle of the day, it was a buzz of activity. Nearly every tiny home was a site of economic production, with many women and men working to produce a variety of goods – from embroidered and/or embellished garments and jewellery, to repairing shoes to stitching garments, weaving textiles and even manufacturing small mechanized parts.
This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post as part of the series "What's Working: Sustainable Development Goals.
Rapid urbanization has burdened cities with an issue that no one can ignore -- unprecedented amounts of trash. World cities generate a whopping 1.3 billion tons of waste per year -- an issue that will only get worse unless strategic steps are taken.
Ela Bhatt is Founder of SEWA (Self-Employed Women’s Association) and the Founding Chair of WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing)
