Biblioteca

Global Water (2010). Hand Washing Stations (Lavamanos) - Single Side Configuration (Wall Style) with 8 faucets. Global Water. [4 KB]

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These instructions were created by a NGO in Guatemala, Aqua Para La Salud (Water for Health), and, in particular, it’s founder, Lynn Roberts. Shyam Goswami, a field engineer also …

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Buitenkamp, M., Wendland, C., Gabizon, S. (2008). European Sanitation Policies and Practices in the International Year of Sanitation 2008 - Finding solutions for more than 20 million citizens of the European Union who lack safe and affordable sanitation. WECF. [4.8 MB]

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As the official European opening of the International Year of Sanitation, 120 participants met in Brussels on the 29th of January 2008 to address the problem of more than 20 …

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UNDP (2003). Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management - A practical journey to sustainability: A resource guide. UNDP. [795.08 KB]

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While a lot of effort has been invested in developing gender mainstreaming materials, a major challenge facing programme officers and water and gender specialists is that such …

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Chancellor, F., Hussein, M., Lidonde, R.A., Mustafa, D., van Wijk, C. (2003). The Gender and Water Development Report 2003 - Gender perspectives on policies in the water sector. GWA. [590.07 KB]

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Sustainable water management and gender equity are mutually supporting and interdependent. The analyses of four major water sectors presented in this report provide strong …

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Tinorgah, A., Boon, S., Ngeme, J. (2009-2010). School WASH for all children in Tanzania - Children with disabilities: the right to education for all children. Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT), Environmental Engineering Pollution Control Organisation (EEPCO), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). [4 KB]

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This brochure informs about the development of the draft National SWASH Guidelines and Toolkits in 2009-2010, that include good practice examples of how disability can be included …

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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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Buitenkamp, M., Stintzing, A. R. (2008). Europe’s sanitation problem - 20 million Europeans need access to safe and affordable sanitation. Women in Europe for a common future (WECF). [4.93 MB]

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As follow up of the high level European conference on January 29 in Brussels, the seminar “Europe’s Sanitation Problem” in the Stockholm World Water Week addressed the …

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Plan (2007). Fura kebele declared open defecation free environment. [434.93 KB]

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Negussie, A. (2005). The contribution of networking and partnerships in community initiatives to scale-up of water supply services, Geita District, Tanzania. [148.06 KB]

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This paper is intended to present, how learning from networking and partnership at different level contributes to the community and district initiatives to scale-up the water …

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Tadesse, M. (2007). Leku Town children demonstrate for clean environment. Plan Ethiopia. [83.15 KB]

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Ashley, H., Kenton, N., Milligan, A., Bongartz, P., Musembi Musyoki, S. (2009). Tales of shit Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa - Participatory learning and action (issues 61). iied, IDS, Plan. [4.07 MB]

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Where do you shit? In developing countries, the answer to this question may determine whether you live or die. Around 2.6 billion people do not have access to a toilet. Instead, …

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Samwel, M., Jorritsma, F., Radu, O. (2010). Lessons from water safety plans - For small-scale water supply systems as developed by schools in Romania. Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF). [974.04 KB]

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In this case study WECF reports about the experiences gained with developing WSPs for small-scale water supply systems by schools in rural areas of Romania. WECF asked the …

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BORDA (2003). Community Sanitation Centre - CSC in Migrant Worker Settlements Jakarta, Indonesia. BORDA. [943.02 KB]

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Bold, E. (1994). Together for Water and Sanitation - Tools to Apply a Gender Approach: The Asian Experience. IRC. [1.08 MB]

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This document is the manual made by middle-level project management staff from rural water supply and sanitation projects in Asia. It combines the joint experiences of 15 …

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Drees-Gross, F., Andrade, L., Schippner, B. (2005). La delegación de los servicios de agua y saneamiento a operadores autónomos (in Spanish) - The delegation of water and sanitation services to autonomous operators - Lecciones de pequeños municipios en Ecuador. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [1.13 MB]

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La presente nota de campo documenta la experiencia del Programa de agua y saneamiento para comunidades rurales y pequeños municipios, PRAGUAS, ejecutado en el Ecuador con …

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BORDA (2003). Community Based Sanitation - Appropriate Wastewater Treatment System for Communities, Small and Medium Enterprises. BORDA. [852.67 KB]

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dewats project aims to support communities & SME in planning, designing, and constructing of effective, efficient, and cost-efficient appropriate waste-water systems based on a …

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Dankelman, I., Muylwijk, J., Wendland, C., Samwel, S. (2009). Making sustainable sanitation work for men and women - Integrating a gender perspective into sanitation initiatives. Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF). [1.76 MB]

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This publication is meant to give background information on the pressing need to integrate a gender perspective into the efforts to promote safe and sustainable sanitation. It …

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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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Bonfiglio, F. (2003). La micromedición en el área rural (in Spanish) - The micro-measuring in rural area - Una experiencia exitosa en El Salvador. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [510.07 KB]

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En respuesta a las deficiencias de los servicios de agua en las zonas …

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Jönsson, H., Richert Stintzing, A., Vinneras, B., Salomon, E. (2004). Orientações de Uso de Urina e Fezes na Produção Agrícola (in Portuguese) - Guidelines on the Use of Urine and Faeces in Crop Production. EcoSanRes. [350.85 KB]

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Recomendações para uso agrícola do excreto estão baseado no conhecimento de conteúdo de nutrimento do excreto, as quantidades excretadas, a composição e a disponibilidade de …

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Atemo Lidonde, R., de Jong, D., Barot, N., Shamsun Nahar, B., Maharaj, N., Derbyshire, H. (2002). Advocacy manual for gender and water ambassadors. GWA. [838.58 KB]

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This Advocacy Manual has been developed to assist members of the Gender and Water Alliance who are involved in advocating for greater attention to gender issues within the water …

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Tadesse, M. (2007). Notes from Community-led Total sanitation - Training for East and Southern Africa. Plan Ethiopia. [5.44 MB]

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Jackson, B. (2005). A Review of EcoSan Experience in Eastern and Southern Africa. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [1.29 MB]

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Many governments and agencies in Africa are exploring the role of ecological sanitation, or EcoSan, within their environmental sanitation and hygiene improvement programs. Despite …

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Francis, J. (2002). Sidestream or Mainstream? - Making All Water Uses the Business of Women and Men. GWA. [338.12 KB]

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The links between gender, poverty and water are easiest to identify when we look at domestic water use and sanitation practices. Gender is also a key variable when we look at …

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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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Shangwa. A. (2010). Capacity development for ecological sanitation in schools. Ecological Sanitation Research (EcoSanRes), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). [2.59 MB]

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This presentation adds an exciting new dimension to sanitation promotion in schools and deals in particular with how to build simple toilets, make simple hand washing devices etc., …

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Moeller, D.; Samwel, M. (2008). Dezvoltarea Planurilor de Siguranta a Apei prin implicarea scolilor (Introducerea) (in Romanian) - Developing water safety plans involving schools. WECF. [2.28 MB]

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În multe zone rurale cetăŃenii depind de surse de apă neprotejate si prin urmare de apă de băut de o calitate incertă. OrganizaŃia Mondială a SănătăŃii (OMS) a …

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Zomerplaag, J.; Mooijman, A. (2005). Child-Friendly Hygiene and Sanitation Facilities in Schools - Indispensable to effective hygiene education. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre/UNICEF. [2.26 MB]

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Plan Ethiopia (2008). Community-led total sanitation luring attention in Ethiopia. [144.52 KB]

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Wijk-Sijbesma, C. (1998). Gender in Water Resources Management, Water Supply and Sanitation - Roles and Realities Revisited. IRC. [3.02 MB]

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This book investigates how gender is present in the newly emerging principles on the sustainable management of water resources. The book also reviews how these genderspecified …

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Guzman, J. de (2005). Construyendo una Visión para la Acción (in Spanish) - Building a vision for action - Avances y desafios de la transversalización del enfoque de género en la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos en América Latina. Gender and Water Alliance (GWA), Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [1.64 MB]

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En los últimos años, la experiencia nos ha enseñado que, en lo que a proyectos de desarrollo se refiere, el éxito está estrechamente vinculado con la capacidad de estos …

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Shangwa, A. (2010). Teaching ecological sanitation at the Chisungu Primary School, Epworth, Zimbabwe - Fieldnote November 2010. EcoSanRes, WRC, Southern Africa knowledge node on sustainable sanitation. [708.13 KB]

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In 2008 a decision was made to investigate practical methods of introducing the concept of ecological sanitation to a school in …

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Amin, S., Rangarajan, A., Borkum, E. (2011). Improving Sanitation at Scale: Lessons from TSSM Implementation in East Java, Indonesia - Final report. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.. [3.05 MB]

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The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), a multidonor partnership administered by the World Bank, launched the Global Scaling Up Rural Sanitation project in 2006 to improve access …

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Hebert, P. (2010). Rapid assessment of CRS experience with Arborloos in East Africa. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Baltimore, USA. [2.3 MB]

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This rapid assessment reviewed sanitation activities by Catholic Relief …

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Alvarado, J. (2005). Rehabilitación de Sistemas de Agua y Saneamiento Rural con Micro Crédito (in Spanish) - Rehabilitation of water and rural sanitation systems using micro-credits - Experiencias del Proyecto REHASER de CARE - Ancash. WSP, CARE. [928.31 KB]

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Se conoce que el acceso a los instrumentos de financiamiento y mecanismos de crédito es uno de los factores clave que estimulan el desarrollo de países industrializados así como …

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Maharaj, N. (2003). The gender approach to water management - Lessons learnt around the globe - Findings of an electronic conference series convened by the Gender and Water Alliance. GWA. [3.7 MB]

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A gender approach implies that attitudes, roles and responsibilities of …

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McMahon, S. (2009). SWASH+ Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Girls’ Urinals: Final Report - SWASH+: Sustaining and Scaling School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Plus Community Impact. SWASH+. [874.11 KB]

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Background: Improving the appeal of school sanitation facilities for pupils may not only be a means to reduce open defecation or urination at school, but it may also improve …

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Florez, P. (2004). Manos limpias, vida sana (in Spanish) - Clean hands, healthy life - La práctica del lavado de manos con jabón y la reducción de la diarrea infantil. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [259.65 KB]

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Una de las principales causas de las enfermedades diarreicas, es el consumo de alimentos contaminados fuera del hogar. La suspensión de la ingesta de alimentos durante los …

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Stravato, L., Dagerskog, L., Kvarnström, E. (2010). Increasing food producation for smallholder farmers - Testing productive sanitation systems in Aguié, Niger. [1.48 MB]

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A “yellow revolution” is currently taking place in Aguié Province, Southern Niger. Participative tests in eight villages demonstrate the effects of using urine as a fertiliser …

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PROPILAS (2006). La contratación municipal con participación comunitaria (in Spanish) - The municipal contracting with community participation - Experiencias del PROPILAS para proveer servicios sostenibles de agua y saneamiento rural. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), CARE, COSUDE. [1.78 MB]

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El proyecto PROPILAS se inició en 1999, con el propósito de validar estrategias de intervención, y para que las lecciones aprendidas en el saneamiento rural contribuyan en …

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Sayre, E. V.; Sayre, J. C. Z. (2010). With Our Own Hands - Experiences in Promoting Ecological Sanitation and Food Security in Mindanao. WAND Foundation. [5.78 MB]

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This document is a practical guide for those in need of proper sanitation without going far and wide and spending so much to obtain necessary materials to build a clean, safe and …

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Morgan, P. (2007). Lessons from a low cost ecological approach to sanitation in Malawi. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [1.08 MB]

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Low cost Ecological Sanitation programs in Malawi have led to the building of over 11,000 compost-producing toilets since 2003. While the toilets are affordable and simple to …

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Guzman, J.; Zevallos, M. (2002). Construyendo la equidad de género (in Spanish) - Building gender equity - Metodología e instrumentos para su inclusión en proyectos de agua y saneamiento. WSP. [1.36 MB]

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El presente documento se basa en el concepto de que equidad es promover la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres con respecto …

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Wafler, M. (2008). Cost Estimates for 20-Seater Re-use Oriented Community Toilet Block. GTZ. [1.07 MB]

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This report contains sketches of a school toilet block and DEWATS designs. …

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Dagerskog, L. (2010). Productive Sanitation Aguié, Niger - Completion Report. [4.01 MB]

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Mungara, C. (2008). Shame, humiliation and hazard: Tribulations of the girl child in Kenya. 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana (Access to sanitation and safe water: Global partnerships and local actions). [1.45 MB]

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The Author has approached her presentation as a lamentation by a girl appropriately named ‘Hope’. This lamentation involves actual experiences that were told to the author by …

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Shangwa. A., Morgan, P. (2009). Experiments in recycling urine the school garden. Ecological Sanitation Research (EcoSanRes), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). [2.15 MB]

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This presentation gives an insight into teaching school children about ecological sanitation, especially about how to build simple and effective toilets and how to increase crop …

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Morgan, P., Shangwa, A. (2009). How to make simple pedestals - The Chisungu Primary School Water and Sanitation project. Ecological Sanitation Research (EcoSanRes), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). [1.91 MB]

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The following presentation offers the chance to learn about how to make different kinds of pedestals. …

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Brand, A.P. (2004). Decentralization of rural water and sanitation services - New roles for rural water associations and boards in Honduras. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP). [228.12 KB]

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With a new move towards decentralizing water and sanitation services in Honduras, municipalities, community water boards and associations of users must be strengthened to fulfill …

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WSP (2010). A decade of the total sanitation campaign - Vol.1: Main report: Rapid assessment of processes and outcomes. World Bank, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), USA. [1.28 MB]

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The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Government of India has been in operation for over a decade (1999 to date), and the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, a fiscal incentive programme …

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