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» Provide technical and safety knowledge toolkit is designed to be suggestive and can
to sanitation workers be adapted and contextualized according
to the requirements of each State.
» Build awareness among sanitation workers
about their rights and entitlements Preparation: A field-testing of the module,
along with IEC materials prepared as part of
» Sensitize employers to the employment of
the partnership, was conducted in two pilot
sanitation workers, including contractual
States, Bihar and Gujarat, in February and
modalities, and professionalization of the
March 2023. The feedback received from
sanitation sector
these pilots was incorporated into the final
» Conduct a communication campaign toolkit, which was then disseminated to the
highlighting the role and importance of participants. This toolkit includes a module
sanitation workers in the community on the safety and dignity of sanitation
workers, a Handbook for sanitation workers,
As part of a joint initiative between UNICEF
India and UMC, a detailed toolkit titled and IEC materials comprising four posters,
‘Strengthening the work environment of five GIFs, and one short film.
rural sanitation workers focusing on their
The campaign aims to create 2,000 MTs
safety and dignity’ was developed. This
who will further train 16,000 sanitation
toolkit was disseminated through a training
workers in 16 States during 2023. The
programme held in Ahmedabad from 4 th
States include Assam, West Bengal, Odisha,
th
to 7 April 2023, which involved 51 State-
Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya
level resource persons from 16 States. To
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat,
facilitate cross-learning and gain insights
into field reality, participants also visited Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
three villages in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.

utcome

The trainings sessions emphasized the use of

PPE and the sensitization of sanitation workers
regarding their rights and entitlements. Resource

persons and MTs will also advocate for and
strengthen linkages to ensure the safety and

dignity of sanitation workers.

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