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Lennon, S. (2011). Fear and anger: Perceptions of risks related to sexual violence against women linked to water and sanitation in Delhi, India - Briefing Note. SHARE (Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity) and WaterAid, UK. [609.94 KB]

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The link between a lack of access to water and sanitation facilities and sexual violence against women is not well known and to date has received insufficient attention. This …

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UNICEF (2012). Equity of access to WASH in schools - A comparative study of policy and service delivery in Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Uzbekistan. UNICEF. [5.67 MB]

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Water, sanitation and hygiene education in schools – WASH in Schools – provides a healthy and comfortable environment that helps improve children’s health and boosts …

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UNICEF (2012). WASH in schools - Empowers girl's education - Proceedings of the menstrual hygiene management in schools virtual conference 2012. UNICEF. [3.04 MB]

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WASH in Schools (WinS) fosters social inclusion and individual self-respect. By offering an alternative to the stigma and marginalization associated with hygiene issues, it …

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SNV and AusAID (2011). Informed Choice Manual on Rural Household Latrine Selection (in English and Cambodian) - Third Edition. Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All Programme, Cambodia. [1.45 MB]

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The different types of latrine that can be used in the rural areas are shown in the drawings, together with advantages and disadvantages for each of them. The format makes it easy …

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SNV, IRC (2012). Asia Workshop on Scaling up rural sanitation and hygiene - Workshop Report, Nghe An Province, Vietnam. International Water and Sanitation Centre, The Hague, the Netherlands. [1.64 MB]

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WELCOME WORDS BY PROFESSOR NGUYEN HUY NGA, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF VIHEMA, …

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WASH Asia (2012). Dgroup discussion. WASH Asia. [495.96 KB]

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This is the summary of an email discussion held on the WASH Asia Dgroups platform from the 23rd of October till the 19th of November 2012. The discussion was moderated by SNV Asia …

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Bartram, J., Charles, K., Evans, B., O'Hanlon, L., Pedley, S. (2012). Commentary on community-led total sanitation and human rights: Should the right to community-wide health be won at the cost of individual rights?. Journal of Water and Health, Vol 10 No 4 pp 499–503 © IWA Publishing 2012, doi: 10.2166/wh.2012.205. [80.72 KB]

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out to halve the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation between 1990 and 2015. The slow pace of progress has …

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Greene, L. E., Freeman, M. C., Akoko, D., Saboori, S., Moe, C., Rheingans, R. (2012). Impact of a school-based hygiene promotion and sanitation intervention on pupil hand contamination in Western Kenya: A cluster randomized trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 87, no. 3, p. 385 - 393, The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. [733.91 KB]

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Handwashing with soap effectively reduces exposure to diarrhea-causing pathogens. Interventions to improve hygiene and sanitation conditions in schools within low-income countries …

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Luff, R. (2012). Compendium of WASH in Schools Facilities in Emergencies. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New York, USA. [6.61 MB]

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The ‘Compendium of WASH in Schools Facilities in Emergencies’ has been prepared as a resource for coordination and management of WASH interventions in emergency preparedness, …

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Kanyemba, A. (2012). We can do it: Teaching school girls how to build toilets. Aquamor, Harare, Zimbabwe. [5.22 MB]

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This manual brings some techniques used to teach people who are not artisans how to build simple toilets that are suitable for home use and even for the school. The type of toilet …

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