Social Entitlements for Waste Pickers

The booklet series  Wasteword, is an effort to disseminate our knowhow in the field of solid waste management. Since1975 Stree Mukti Sanghatana (SMS) is working towards the empowerment of women. With the objectives to realise the ideals of equality and social justice, SMS consciously began working amongst the waste pickers in Mumbai, from 1999.SMS’s Parisar Vikas programme aims to address the problems of waste picking women who are engaged in the ‘menial’ tasks of ‘cleaning waste’.