? 3 September 2020 ? 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (India time)
Webinar
Sanitation workers provide an essential public service – keeping our cities, towns, and villages running and clean, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite working in a dangerous profession under heightened risks, little is known about how sanitation workers are coping with COVID-19.
WaterAid facilitated rapid assessments in four South Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan – which identify the challenges being faced by sanitation workers in the midst of lockdowns, and proposes potential solutions to address both immediate and longer-term needs of workers.
There has always been a strong, but neglected, moral and public health imperative to protect sanitation workers’ rights. The COVID-19 pandemic not only strengthens that case but also represents an opportunity to redress the historical neglect.
WaterAid will share the regional synthesis of these studies in a webinar, followed by a panel discussion with members of worker communities, and experts from government and civil society across these countries.
Original source: Globalwaters
