- Equity, inclusion and sanitation workers
- Sanitation workers
- Equity, dignity, caste and gender aspects for sanitation workers
- Integrating Women’s Self-Help Groups into Urban Sanitation Service Delivery in India
Integrating Women’s Self-Help Groups into Urban Sanitation Service Delivery in India
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Integrating Women’s Self-Help Groups into Urban Sanitation Service Delivery in India
Integrating Women’s Self-Help Groups into Urban Sanitation Service Delivery in India
In many Indian cities, Women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have played a transformative role in improving sanitation outcomes while creating dignified livelihood opportunities for women. The Urban Management Centre (UMC), through its technical support to state and city governments, has developed approaches that integrate SHGs into solid waste and sanitation service delivery — strengthening both community participation and gender inclusion.
This publication, developed under UMC’s ongoing work with municipal administrations, documents successful cases from Odisha, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. It highlights how women’s collectives are being formally engaged in sanitation value chains such as:
• Door-to-door waste collection and segregation
• Toilet maintenance and community cleaning
• Fecal sludge management and micro-enterprise operations
• Awareness generation on hygiene and source segregation
Key learnings:
• Linking SHGs with municipal contracts increases reliability and ownership in service delivery.
• Providing institutional and financial handholding helps sustain women-led enterprises.
• Integrating livelihoods with sanitation governance advances SDG 5 and SDG 6 commitments.
📘 Read the full publication here .
We invite practitioners and local governments to share similar experiences of women’s collectives in sanitation and discuss opportunities for scaling such models across regions.
— Meghna Malhotra
Deputy Director, Urban Management Centre (UMC), India
In many Indian cities, Women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have played a transformative role in improving sanitation outcomes while creating dignified livelihood opportunities for women. The Urban Management Centre (UMC), through its technical support to state and city governments, has developed approaches that integrate SHGs into solid waste and sanitation service delivery — strengthening both community participation and gender inclusion.
This publication, developed under UMC’s ongoing work with municipal administrations, documents successful cases from Odisha, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. It highlights how women’s collectives are being formally engaged in sanitation value chains such as:
• Door-to-door waste collection and segregation
• Toilet maintenance and community cleaning
• Fecal sludge management and micro-enterprise operations
• Awareness generation on hygiene and source segregation
Key learnings:
• Linking SHGs with municipal contracts increases reliability and ownership in service delivery.
• Providing institutional and financial handholding helps sustain women-led enterprises.
• Integrating livelihoods with sanitation governance advances SDG 5 and SDG 6 commitments.
📘 Read the full publication here .
We invite practitioners and local governments to share similar experiences of women’s collectives in sanitation and discuss opportunities for scaling such models across regions.
— Meghna Malhotra
Deputy Director, Urban Management Centre (UMC), India
Meghna Malhotra
Deputy Director, Urban Management Centre (UMC) – Ahmedabad, India
Urban Management Centre (UMC) is a not-for-profit organisation working with national and state governments to build capacities for inclusive and resilient urban governance.
Over the past decade, UMC has supported transformative sanitation initiatives such as:
• Garima (Odisha) – ensuring safety, dignity, and inclusion of sanitation workers
• Sanitation Workers Development Scheme (Tamil Nadu) – institutionalising welfare systems
• NAMASTE – supporting the national mission for sanitation worker empowerment
• City Livelihoods Action Plans (CLAP) – integrating urban livelihoods and gender inclusion
Visit: www.umcasia.org
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Deputy Director, Urban Management Centre (UMC) – Ahmedabad, India
Urban Management Centre (UMC) is a not-for-profit organisation working with national and state governments to build capacities for inclusive and resilient urban governance.
Over the past decade, UMC has supported transformative sanitation initiatives such as:
• Garima (Odisha) – ensuring safety, dignity, and inclusion of sanitation workers
• Sanitation Workers Development Scheme (Tamil Nadu) – institutionalising welfare systems
• NAMASTE – supporting the national mission for sanitation worker empowerment
• City Livelihoods Action Plans (CLAP) – integrating urban livelihoods and gender inclusion
Visit: www.umcasia.org
Follow us: LinkedIn – Urban Management Centre
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