Viva Con Agua (2023) WASH IT! The Manual for Pandemic Resiliance
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 […]
Online since: 27.06.2025
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Viva Con Agua (2021) The WASHHEROES On Their First Mission
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. […]
Online since: 27.06.2025
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Neha Narayanan (2024) The Transformative Role of Science and Technology in Eliminating Manual Scavenging
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 […]
Online since: 25.06.2025
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Juilee Sanjeev; Neha Narayanan (2024) Key Findings from a Community Led Study on Mental Health of Sanitation Workers
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.
Online since: 25.06.2025
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Water for Women (2022) Learning Note 1: Engaging with the people and actors within WASH systems
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 […]
Online since: 23.06.2025
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Water for Women (2022) Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services Case Studies from Water for Women
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.
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Water for Women (2022) Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services Synthesis of Case Studies from Water for Women
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.
Online since: 20.06.2025
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Water for Women (2021) Making the Critical Connections between Climate Resilience and Inclusive WASH Lessons from Water for Women
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.
Online since: 20.06.2025
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Water for Women (2021) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Self-Assessment Tool Facilitation guide for WASH project managers, researchers and self-assessment facilitators
The (GESI SAT) represents the culmination of years of collaborative work across the Fund, and has been co-created by Water for Women and the Sanitation Learning Hub. It is a facilitation guide for WASH project managers, researchers and self-assessment facilitators to support individual and collective reflective practice on the extent and quality of gender equality and social inclusion work in WASH projects and organisations.
Online since: 20.06.2025
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Water for Women (2021) Pivotal not peripheral: Ending period poverty by prioritising menstrual health and hygiene in WASH
The time is over for peripheral programming on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) in WASH. It is now pivotal, particularly given the context of COVID-19 restrictions, which have exacerbated period poverty and decreased availability and access to hygienic facilities, sanitary products and information to support stigma-free safe and dignified menstruation. Launched on Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021, this Learning Brief shares learning drawn from 14 Water for […]
Online since: 20.06.2025
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Water for Women (2020) Disability inclusion and COVID-19: Guidance for WASH delivery Guidance for Water for Women Fund implementing partners
Around 15% of the world’s population has a disability. People with disability are at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and are more likely to be disproportionately affected by the health, economic and social impacts of the global health pandemic. Developed by Water for Women and CBM Australia to provide some key principles, considerations and actions which Water for Women Fund partners, and the WASH sector […]
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Water for Women (2020) Sexual and Gender Minorities and COVID-19: Guidance for WASH delivery Actively supporting Sexual and Gender Minorities so that they are not left behind in COVID-19 WASH responses
Developed by Water for Women and Edge Effect to provide some key principles, considerations and actions which Water for Women Fund partners, and the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector more broadly, can apply to strengthen sexual and gender minority inclusion in their COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 programming responses and adaptations.
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Water for Women (2019) ‘Do No Harm’ for inclusive WASH: working towards a shared understanding Reflections from the Water for Women Fund’s South Asia Regional Learning Event
Water for Women sees an intentional focus on ‘Do No Harm’ (DNH) approaches as a critical way of supporting an ethical approach to inclusion. This includes addressing the risk of backlash that comes with supporting representation and decision-making of women and marginalised groups to ensure that no one is left behind in WASH programming. The Fund aims to sharpen collective understanding and practice of DNH […]
Online since: 18.06.2025
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Juilee Sanjeev; Neha Narayanan (2025) Occupational Safety and Health of Sanitation Workers: Access to Protective Equipment and Services
This collaborative study by the South Asian Sanitation Worker and Labour Network (SASLN) examined occupational safety and health conditions for sanitation workers across 10 Indian states. Through a structured survey involving over 500 participants, the study identified critical gaps in access to protective equipment, healthcare, social security, and training. Findings reveal that a majority of workers operate without adequate safety gear, often under informal employment conditions, […]
Online since: 16.06.2025
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Ma del Mar Rivero Rosas; Rocío Romar Díaz; María del Mar Rodríguez González; Alberto Guijarro Lomeña (2025) Cooperación por la salud menstrual: Barreras, impactos, propuestas, y buenas prácticas
Menstrual hygiene is a fundamental part of the human right to sanitation, yet millions of people in marginalized communities face systemic barriers to managing menstruation safely. This report examines the critical link between water, sanitation, and menstrual hygiene, highlighting the barriers and impacts faced by women, girls and other people who menstruate, and proposes actions and strategies to integrate menstrual hygiene into broader water and sanitation […]
Online since: 12.06.2025
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Inthumathy Hariharathamotharan & Shakti Devapura (eds.) (2025) Dignified Menstruation: Local Views and Global Challenges
This compilation of conference papers – with a Foreword by the Hon. Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Dr. Harini Amarasuriya – provides an in-depth assessment of the expert opinions, information and reflections of a select group of stakeholders at the "Dignified Menstruation for Ending Child Marriages" international virtual conference organised by Viluthu and the Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation. […]
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Natalie Schmitz, Anna Kristina Kanathigoda, Bellah Zullu, Grace Mwanza, Jan Schlenk (2025) #kickTheStigma - Changing the Narrative Zambia
The factsheet gives insights from sucess stories in zambia
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MHMPA Nepal (2025) Menopause Toolkit for Workplace
This toolkit is the outcome of two years of discussions and activism on menopause and the workplace in Nepal. Its development involved two key processes: the Menopause Storytelling Workshop (September 2023), where 12 peri/menopausal women shared their experiences, and the Stakeholder Engagement Workshop (October 2024), which gathered professionals from various sectors to provide feedback.
Online since: 26.05.2025
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Water for Women (2025) The Case for Climate Finance Exploring Future Financing Opportunities for WASH CSOs
This learning brief shares key findings and insight into climate finance, including the current funding landscape and its relevance to WASH actors. • The rise of climate finance marks a transformative shift in the global approach to climate change, with significant implications for a wide range of stakeholders • With global reductions in official development assistance, civil society organisations (CSOs) are under increasing pressure to find […]
Online since: 21.05.2025
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Water for Women (2025) Integrating Risk and Resilience for Climate-Resilient WASH Programming
This brief shares key findings and insights from the first learning group (1) about integrating risk and resilience considerations for climate-resilient WASH programming. Definitions of climate risk and resilience and the application of the concepts are diverse and still evolving, including for the WASH sector. • ‘Climate risk’ is commonly understood as the potential for an adverse outcome influenced by the climate or a climate […]
Online since: 21.05.2025
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