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:

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 Geography

Commentator:

Supriya Routh, Assistant Professor, UVic Law

Contact:

Jonathan Woods
commcapi@uvic.ca