GENDER ROLES IN INFORMAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN CITIES OF NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA METROPOLIS
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
For the urban poor in most cities of developing countries, informal waste recycling is a common way of earning a living. And women are the most vulnerable group to poverty within the urban poor population. In Kaduna metropolis, an ancient city in the North West Nigeria, women are only playing a very fringe but yet complementary roles in the waste collection, sorting and recycling processes, which are fast becoming catalyst for livelihood for the underprivileged urban dwellers. This represents a wider spectrum of informal solid waste management issues in Northern Nigeria. At the household level, it was observed during the study that women and children play a very dominant role in collection and sell of recyclable materials to itinerant waste collectors. The results show 55% of recyclable materials are being sold by women and 40% by children while only an insignificant percentage of 5% were men. A distinct gender division of labour was observed as women are almost conspicuously absent at the higher levels of solid waste recycling processes. This is largely due to cultural construct, poor coordination and lack of capital. This paper investigated these fringe roles of women within the value chain process in the informal sector of solid waste management business, and made recommendations for their integration into the mainstream policy as a poverty reduction strategy.
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M. N Muhammad
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