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Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management

By on January 01, 2003

More 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.

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Samson, Melanie. Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management. , , . Municipal Services Project (MSP) and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union, 2003. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Samson_Dumping_on_Women.pdfSamson, M. (2003). Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management. , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Samson_Dumping_on_Women.pdfSamson, Melanie. "Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management." Municipal Services Project (MSP) and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union, 2003, .Samson Melanie. "Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management." (2003). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Samson_Dumping_on_Women.pdfSamson, M 2003, 'Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management', , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Samson_Dumping_on_Women.pdfMelanie Samson, 'Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management' (2003). Samson M. Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management. . 2003. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Samson_Dumping_on_Women.pdfSamson, Melanie. Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management. . 2003. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Samson_Dumping_on_Women.pdf

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