Waste Picker Perceptions on Health and Health Risks: Perspectives from the Ground

In this episode, Ana Carolina Ogando, research associate in the urban policies programme of the global network “Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing” (or WIEGO), introduces the organization’s project “Cuidar” (or Care) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In her presentation, “Waste Picker Perceptions on Health and Health Risks: Perspectives from the Ground,” she outlines the participatory research method employed to better understand the health-related risks faced by informal workers in the city, the project’s general findings, and some of the resulting policy implications.

This episode was recorded during the 10th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality, Gender-responsive Climate Action, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from May 22-24, 2018, where participants discussed strategies for ensuring that national climate policies, plans, and legislation are informed by gender analysis, and that these are also in alignment with national and international development objectives. This presentation was part of the third session of the gathering, which focused on the connections between gender, health and climate change.