Dumping on women : gender and privatisation of waste management

dc.contributor.editorSamson, Melanie
dc.contributor.editorHurt, Karen
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-26T13:40:48Z
dc.date.available2012-04-26T13:40:48Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionCo-published with the Municipal Services Project (MSP)en
dc.descriptionThe table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright Acten
dc.description.abstractMore and more local governments across South Africa are privatising their waste management systems. They are doing this because of national government’s push to get the private sector more involved in providing basic services, like water and waste management. Municipalities are also privatising to promote black economic empowerment. Who are the winners and who are the losers? Research conducted in Thabazimbi, Sol Plaatje and Johannesburg municipalities shows that both workers and working-class communities suffer as a result of privatisation of basic services. It also shows how, because of the gender division of labour at work and at home, and because women waste management workers employed by private companies are largely left out of collective bargaining agreements, it is women workers who suffer most.en
dc.format.extent1 digital file (100 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.isbn0-620-31416-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/48879
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSouth African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu)en
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENTen
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATIONen
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTen
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL SERVICESen
dc.subjectSOUTH AFRICAen
dc.subjectWOMEN WORKERSen
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITYen
dc.subjectDIVISION OF LABOURen
dc.subjectWAGESen
dc.titleDumping on women : gender and privatisation of waste managementen
dc.typeBooken
idrc.copyright.holderSamwu
idrc.docdelivLink sent to requester : https://www.wiego.org/publications/dumping-women-gender-and-privatisation-waste-managementen
idrc.dspace.accessLimited Accessen
idrc.project.number101716
idrc.project.titleMunicipal Services Project Steering Committee Meeting (South Africa)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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