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August 16, 2026Journal of Development Policy and Practice

The Gendered Labour Geographies in the E-waste Chain: Exploring Policy Gaps and Ground Realities in India

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RGRitwika GhoshAKAlfiya Azeem Khan

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Overview

Ethnographic analysis reveals disproportionate hazardous labor burdens among marginalized genders in informal e-waste chains, highlighting major gaps between environmental policies and labor reality.

Key Points

  • To examine how gendered labor regimes and spatial organization shape precarity, occupational hazards, and policy exclusions within informal electronic waste economies in India.
  • Conducted ethnographic fieldwork involving qualitative interviews and direct observations across informal e-waste micro value chains (aggregation, segregation, and repair) in India.
  • Performed critical policy analysis evaluating circular economy and environmental governance frameworks, focusing on the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.
  • Women and gender minorities bear severe occupational and environmental hazards while experiencing systematic exclusion from formal labor protections, digital access, and safety mandates.
  • Identified critical design, epistemic, and implementation gaps in existing e-waste policies that fail to integrate gender-sensitive labor protections with circular economy regulations.

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Ghosh et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a21f2fb91fc834adb68https://doi.org/10.1177/24551333261465189
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