Workshop for the 'Empowerment and Capacity Building of Women in the Informal Recycling Sector'

By CREASION
Nov 30, 2023

A four day workshop and training for the 'Empowerment and Capacity Building of Women in the Informal Recycling Sector' was conducted from November 27-30, 2023. The training was conducted under the the RiPL project (Preventing plastics in Nepal Rivers by boosting the informal sector).

The RiPL project is a project funded by the Norwegian Retailers Environment Fund (HMF). GRID-Arendal Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Creasion Nepal Doko Recyclers and ISWA International Solid Waste Association are the project partners for this project.

The first day of the workshop consisted of introduction to the workshop and the RiPL project, group activity to understand their expectations from the workshop, pictorial presentation about Solid Waste Management in Kathmandu, enagaging sessions and pictorial presentation about Circular Economy.

The Second day of the workshop consisted of a review of the first day, introduction to Occupational Health and Safety, where the participants were divided into groups to share potential risks and challenges in the informal sector, and the facilitators also demonstrated the proper usage of Personal Protective Equipments, followed by brief discussion about hazardous wastes. The second day also included an intimate session on Gender-based violence and harrasment where the particpants shared their experiences and challenges.

The Third day of the workshop consisted of a session Self-empowerment and leadership, where there were expereince sharing of the facilitators and the participants along with trust building exercises. The workshop also consisted of a session on financial empowerment and saving and mobilization along with informing the particpants about the financial rights of women.

The last day of the workshop consisted of a visit to Dallu collection hub along with all participants and explaination on the working modality of the present collection hub and informing about the new collection hubs to be opened through RiPL project. It was followed by a reflection session of all participants with a learning sharing session.

The closing day of the workshop was also graced by prominent figures such as Mr. Chiri Babu Maharjan, Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Ms. Sabrina Heerema, Polar Communications Officer at GRID-Arendal, Mr. Aanand Mishra, Founder and President of CREASION.

The last day ended on a postive note with reflections and learnings and step forward towards building the capacity and empowering the women in the informal recycling sector.

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