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Personal Hygiene, Dignity, and Economic Diversity among Garbage Workers in an Urban Slum of Indonesia
Get PDFapplication/pdfAlthough numerous studies have argued that sanitation workers play a significant role in the existing sanitation system while being at the cost of their health and dignity in an inappropriate work environment, they are often socially ostracized, and hence understudied to date. This study aimed to examine the current state of garbage workers, who engage in unloading and sorting garbage along with a particular focus on exploring personal hygiene, dignity, and socioeconomic diversity. This study examined these aspects in a sample of seven garbage workers in an urban slum of Indonesia through participatory and interview surveys. The results showed that there were several particular sanitation-related issues affecting workers: wetness (e.g., menstrual products and animal corps), dirtiness, and hazardous garbage (e.g., medical syringes and broken glasses), which contributed to serious health-risk exposures. Participants reported high levels of feeling of safety and potential health-risk awareness; however, this study also demonstrated low levels of risk-controlling behaviors, representing no proper safety gears caused by two unique factors: physical discomfort and work inefficiency. Results also revealed the diversity in income generation accompanied by that participants work in the exclusive circle comprising family members, which may implicate their economic affluence. While dignity in/at work was entrenched in some workers in the context of social abuse, reframing process (e.g., affirmation) and hierarchical comparisons helped them experience their value in/at work. These findings need to be discussed in relation to past and recent studies in other economically developing countries for a better understanding of this population.articl
News Letter No.5
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01. PLより「人類史とサニテーション：その2」
02. 2019年10月下旬-12月のイベント／〈開催報告〉Workshop in Zambia / 地球研・高知大合同勉強会
03. 〈開催報告〉女性のサニテーション研究会／その他のイベント
04. 2019年10月下旬-12月の業績
05. 研究・審査報告会のご報告／農園プロジェクトVol.5othe
News Letter No.6
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01. PLより「『Postコロナ時代』を見据えて『Withコロナ時代』を生きる」
02. 2020年2月-3月のイベント／〈開催報告〉Workshop in Cameroon / 2019年度第3回プロジェクト全体会合
03. 2020年1月-3月の業績
04. 新メンバーの紹介
05. 2020年度のスケジュール／ERECのご報告othe
A Comparative Report on Health and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia
Get PDFapplication/pdfThe United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund’s strategy for WASH 2016 to 2030 indicated water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as central to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because of its implications for nutrition, health, education, poverty and economic growth, urban services, gender equality, resilience and climate change. At the SDGs initiation, the United Nations pledged to ‘leave no one behind’, with special consideration to the least developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa who had performed poorly in accomplishing the just ended Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is in this regard that this paper highlights the past and current status, performance and policies of three sub-Saharan countries; Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia in reference to WASH. These countries were selected due to their similarities in a bid to uncover trends, best practices, and means for improvement of WASH towards the attainment of SDG 6: universal, sustainable, and equitable access to WASH, and an end to open defecation by 2030. Only Malawi attained its target for citizen access to safe drinking water at MDG level, whilst all three countries failed to meet targets for sanitation and hygiene. Causes for success and failure in the improvement of WASH across the three countries were linked to the implementation and sustainability of WASH policies and programs. These findings highlight the importance for full stakeholder engagement from the government to the individual in all sections of WASH. It also recommends the engagement to take part in all WASH sectors, from construction to maintenance, for the overall creation of workable WASH structures and frameworks.articl
Humanity ＆ Nature Newsletter No.81
Get PDFapplication/pdf◆82号 COVID-19特集＜予告編＞
新たな地球社会に向けた変革のとき
安成哲三
特集1 座談会
地域の声に寄りそった研究の軌跡
地域から流域へ、そして地球へ
奥田 昇 ＋ 淺野悟史 ＋ 池谷 透 ＋ 石田卓也 ＋ 石橋弘之 ＋ 小林邦彦 ＋ 三村 豊
特集2 TERRA School 2019開催の報告
共創への招待
大西有子
特集3 第2回世界農業遺産実務者フォーラムの報告
世界農業遺産を地域に活かすために
嶋田奈穂子
特集4 第11回KYOTO地球環境の殿堂の報告
高校生が吹き込んだ風をたどって
宗田勝也
◆地球研こらむ……… すべての道はローマに通ず
研究者として条約と向き合った2か月間
小林邦彦
◆晴れときどき書評……… 『犬からみた人類史』
犬というレンズで 世界をみると
真貝理香
◆表紙は語る
忘れ草の食卓と絶景
黄 琬惠articl
Humanity ＆ Nature Newsletter No.82
Get PDFapplication/pdfCOVID-19特集号
感染症と地球環境学
◆企画にあたって
立ち止まり、見極め、〈あたりまえ〉を問いなおす
阿部健一
特集1 実践プログラム
・アジアの都市化と新型コロナウイルス感染症
杉原 薫
・生物多様性とCOVID-19
中静 透
・COVID-19と社会のデザイン
西條辰義
特集2 対談
だれもがより健康に暮らせる社会の実現をめざして
門司和彦 ＋ ハイン・マレー
小林邦彦
特集3 論考
パンデミックの民族誌
西 真如
特集4 報告
地球人間圏科学の叡智を活かしCOVID-19と共生する社会を設計する
山中大学
◆表紙は語る
春を待つ和歌山県古座川流域のニホンミツバチ
真貝理香articl