Livelihoods and Health Status of Waste Pickers in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- When:
- March 01, 2018
- Time:
- 03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
- Category:
- Lecture
- Location:
- Sedgewick C168
- Details:
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About the talk:
Waste pickers constitute the bottom layer of the waste recycling system and are considered one of the key stakeholders in the informal recycling sector in the solid waste management system. Generally, these people are poor, vulnerable to various kinds of occupational health risks/problems and diseases and are often marginalized. In this talk, Drs. Gutberlet and Uddin will present results of a CAPI-funded, mixed-method study that examined the health and livelihoods of waste-pickers in Dhaka, Bangladesh and identified ways to improve their conditions.
Presenters:
Dr. Jutta Gutberlet, Professor
Dr. Sayed M. Nazim Uddin, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Community-based Research Laboratory, UVic Department of GeographyCommentator:
Supriya Routh, Assistant Professor, UVic Law
- Contact:
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Jonathan Woods
commcapi@uvic.ca