This report outlines the unique strengths and contributions that Water for Women can make to building climate change resilience and adaptation in inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), through contributions to the regional and global WASH sector and enhanced internal capacity.
A leave no one behind (LNOB) approach in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) reduces marginalisation and exclusion by identifying and addressing intersecting forms of disadvantage and inequality. LNOB approaches aim to reach many marginalised people across large areas and through policy, and to transform beliefs, norms and values that contribute to discrimination and people being left behind. Water for Women civil society organisation (CSO) partners […]
This guidance offers insights into effective partnerships between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector organisations and rights holder organisations (RHOs). It provides practical recommendations for effective collaboration in all types of partnerships and is designed to support organisations looking to begin, build or strengthen partnerships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
This review, along with the allied guidance, is intended to support WASH actors with relevant examples of how to change harmful and exclusionary social norms in the context of WASH programming. WASH organisations are those that wholly or mostly work on WASH, in forms including advocacy, infrastructure, governance, finance, capacity development and behaviour change. This review is intended for those who would like to take […]
This review, along with the allied guidance, is intended to support WASH actors with relevant examples of how to change harmful and exclusionary social norms in the context of WASH programming. WASH organisations are those that wholly or mostly work on WASH, in forms including advocacy, infrastructure, governance, finance, capacity development and behaviour change. This review is intended for those who would like to take […]
আর্মিা অতযন্তআন্ন্দিত যেআপনারা ফদ াভদ়েস গদেষণা কাে যক্রদর্ম অংশগ্রহণ কদিদেন্।আপনারা যে েরে ও রভরিও তুদেদেন্, তাি জন্য আপন্াদের অসংখ্য ধন্যোে। ছবিগুল া রেে চর্মৎকাি েরে এেং আপন্াি যে়ো গল্প ও েযাখ্যাি সংরর্মশ্রণট আমালের জনয খ্ুেই সহা়েক রেে। আপনালের কাে যথ্দক আর্মিা ো শুদন্রে আমরা আপনার অভিজ্ঞতা ও অন্তর্দৃষ্টিকে গিীরিাকে মূল্য ভর্ই। আমরা স্বীোর েভর প্রভতভর্ন আপনারা অননয অভিজ্ঞতার মুকিামুভি হন। আপনার েকের মাধ্যকম আমরা জেননভি: • […]
২০২৪ সালের প্রথম দিলে, আপনারা আই টি এন বুয়েি -এর একদল গলেষেলির ককছু িা সমে কদয়েকছয়লন। আপনারো জ, জীেনযাত্রা এেং যযসে পদরের্তন চান যসগুলো দনলেে থা েলেলেন। এই প্রেলের জনয সমে যিওোর জনয আপনালির ধনযোি। আমরা খুেনা, েোলরাো, যল ার, যোোেমারী, যচৌগাো, যগাোেন্দ, ফদরিপুর এেং সদখপুলরর পদরচ্ছন্নর্া েমীলির সলে েথা েলেদে। আপনালির গে, এেং কটিন সময়ে প্রদর্েূ ের্ার মলধয আপনারা যয িৃঢ়র্া যিদখলেলেন, র্া আমালির অনুপ্রাদির্ে […]
Sanitation services are pivotal not only for enhancing public health but also for fostering the productivity of urban systems, particularly as cities continue to expand. Amidst efforts by public, private, and civil society actors to engage the sanitation sector through decentralized and small-scale service provision models, significant challenges related to workforce welfare, legitimacy, and adequate financing persist, underscoring the need to recognize and support the […]
Sanitation workers in Arusha, particularly the Arusha Deport Group (ADG) manual emptiers, are vital in maintaining urban health and hygiene. Despite their importance, these workers face persistent financial insecurity due to income variability, lack of social protection, and exclusion from formal financial systems. This policy brief outlines actionable recommendations to address these challenges, including formalizing employment, improving access to financial services, enforcing occupational health and […]
Sanitation work in Arusha plays a critical role in maintaining urban health and hygiene, but it has historically been underappreciated and, at times, stigmatized. The sanitation workers, oftenengaged in manual emptying, street sweeping, and sewer system maintenance, belong to an informal workforce that faces significant challenges, particularly financial insecurity and lack of recognition. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the financial insecurity faced by sanitation […]
Imagine a world where sanitation workers are seen and celebrated for their essential role in keeping our communities healthy, a world where these vital workers are valued rightfully for their contribution to society. The formalization of this workforce offers a pathway for making this vision a reality. Formalization will result in empowered workers confidently using mechanical desludging equipment and protective gear, being recognized for their […]
Bangladesh has an investment pipeline valued at more than $USD1.3 billion planned for faecal sludge management (FSM) in the next decade (2024-2035). With such a significant investment plan, it is pertinent to review and learn from current FSM service delivery approaches. Thorough understandings of current practices and FSM service performance can inform upcoming investments to maximise efficacy and sustainability. Thus, in 2024, Practical Action and […]
Dance has the power to transform, connect, and bring people together. It does so through expression and movement. Beyond celebration, dance is used in various contexts for learning, communication, mobilization, and spiritual practices. Whether young or old, or with different physical abilities, all members of a community can take part. In a development context, dance can be a powerful tool for conveying and spreading messages. Because […]
Viva con Agua sees sport, music, and art as universal languages or forms of communication that everyone can understand, regardless of the language they speak. They use these universal languages as educational tools to create a joyful and engaging approach to topics like clean drinking water, hygiene, and sanitation. With support from the German Federal Foreign Office, Viva con Agua developed the comic WASHeroes. […]
Indian society is marked by deep- rooted complexities, where identities are shaped not only by religion, and class but also by caste that creates social hierarchies. Among the most dehumanizing manifestations of this structure is the practice of manual scavenging, where one person is forced to clean another' s waste. This report by the South Asian Sanitation Worker and Labour Network (SASLN) explores how science and technology […]
Sanitation workers in India, predominantly from marginalized communities, play a critical role in maintaining public health and ensuring the cleanliness of urban and rural environments. However, despite their essential contributions, they endure deeply entrenched social, economic, and psychological challenges that severely affect their overall well-being. The report assessed awareness, accessibility, and affordability of mental health support and identified systemic gaps in care and employer practices.
Water for Women aims to improve the health, gender equality and wellbeing of Asian and Pacific communities through strengthened national and subnational water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector systems with greater emphasis on gender and social inclusion, safely managed WASH and water security. This learning note emerges from discussions under Water for Women’s systems strengthening Learning Agenda initiative, which reiterates that WASH systems are made […]
Developed under a Learning Agenda initiative led by the University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures, this compilation and synthesis of Water for Women case studies presents a range of contexts, approaches and experiences on monitoring safely managed water and sanitation services in urban and rural areas across the Asia-Pacific region, including Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Cambodia, Bhutan and Papua New Guinea.
Developed under a Learning Agenda initiative led by the University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures, this compilation and synthesis of Water for Women case studies presents a range of contexts, approaches and experiences on monitoring safely managed water and sanitation services in urban and rural areas across the Asia-Pacific region, including Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Cambodia, Bhutan and Papua New Guinea.
As part of a learning initiative under Water for Women’s Learning Agenda, This report features 12 vignettes from Water for Women partners working on projects in the Asia-Pacific that are helping to build climate resilience through inclusive and sustainable WASH programs and research. It also outlines recommendations from the partners for strengthening climate resilience for inclusive WASH at different levels.