Sanitation workers, involved in faecal waste management, face dangerous and oppressive working conditions, as well as stigma. A key challenge weakening their voices is the lack of collective organisation among sanitation workers. Their health, safety and dignity is an issue of human rights, but it is also crucial for achieving the ambitions of safely managed sanitation for all and the promotion of decent work, as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 8. To address this and to strengthen the collective power of sanitation workers, the Initiative for Sanitation Workers (ISW) set up the Empowerment Support Fund.