Continuing the sharing and discussion from the webinar on CLTS, disability...
Cover Issue 3.jpgThank you to everyone who joined the webinar on Disability- Making CLTS fully inclusive today (30th October 2014). We hope it was useful for you and that you tok away some learning and...
View ArticleDisability Inclusion in WASH: What has been achieved and how can this help...
Plan Indonesia’s water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme features the use of Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and hygiene promotion projects in several districts in Indonesia. To contribute...
View ArticlePrinciples and practices for the inclusion of disabled people in access to...
Disabled people represent the largest socially excluded group and most live without access to basic sanitary services, which can exacerbate impairments and poverty. Nevertheless, they are often...
View ArticleUndoing inequity: inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene programmes that...
This briefing note reports baseline findings from a research project to understand the barriers disabled, older people and people living with a chronic illness face when accessing WASH in Zambia and...
View ArticleWebinar: Disability-making CLTS fully inclusive Recording and resources
On Thursday 30th October, the CLTS Knowledge Hub together with Hazel Jones (WEDC) and Jane Wilbur (WaterAid) hosted a webinar on the theme of the recently published Frontiers issue 3: Disability-Making...
View ArticleCaste complicates push for Clean India
India's caste system, in which the lower castes are seen as responsible for cleaning may be an obstacle to Modi's vision of a Clean India (Swachh Bharat) Read more in the Star Phoenix, 26th December 2014
View ArticleWebinar on gender, violence and access to WASH/ Webinaire Genre, violence et...
On Tuesday 17th March 2015 at 13.30 GMT (English) and 16.00 GMT (French), RWSN and WaterAid will be hosting a webinar on gender, violence, and access to WASH.This will be based on the gender, violence...
View ArticleAux Frontières de l’ATPC numéro 4: Durabilité et ATPC : État des lieux
La notion de durabilité est sans aucun doute l’un des sujets les plus brûlants qui sous-tende nombre des questions que nous rencontrons dans le cadre de l’ATPC et de l’ensemble des pratiques WASH....
View ArticleFrontiers of CLTS Issue 4: Sustainability and CLTS- Taking Stock
Sustainability is without doubt one of the most burning subject matters that subsumes many of the issues that we are seeing in CLTS and wider WASH practice. There have been several useful studies on...
View ArticleFrontiers of CLTS Issue 5: Making Sanitation and Hygiene Safer- Reducing...
CLTS aims for total sanitation where no-one practices open defecation, which in itself has potential to reduce vulnerabilities to violence. Concerns over safety, privacy or dignity when using sanitary...
View ArticleAfricaSan "Making Sanitation for All a Reality in Africa"
africasan-wblogo.pngI attended the AfricaSan (Africa Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene) convened by the Government of Senegal and AMCOW in Dakar in May. The conference brought together national...
View ArticleReflections on a field visit to GSF projects in Senegal
IMG_2550.JPGIn the run up to AfricaSan I joined a Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) field trip and learning event in Matam region, Senegal. Along with Global Sanitation Fund programme managers and WSSCC...
View ArticleIDS in action: sharing and learning on CLTS and sustainability
AfricaSan.jpgLife on the beach – the stunning location of the AfricaSan 4 Dakar conference, in a grand hotel perched on the Senegalese coast, was not enough to distract the participants of the IDS CLTS...
View ArticleI pledge: I will break the silence on menstruation, even if it means I end up...
IMG-20150624-WA0001.jpgI have to be honest: I have an interesting job. I travel around the world, meet loads of interesting people from all different kinds of cultures and the water, sanitation &...
View ArticleFrontiers of CLTS Issue 6: Breaking the Next Taboo - Menstrual Hygiene within...
Menstruation is a natural and healthy part of the life of women and girls, but is often a taboo subject, not easily talked about, which can lead to feelings of embarrassment and shame. It can also lead...
View ArticleMaking Sanitation and Hygiene Safer- Reducing Vulnerabilities to Violence
5CLTS aims for total sanitation where no-one practices open defecation, which in itself has potential to reduce vulnerabilities to violence. Concerns over safety, privacy or dignity when using sanitary...
View ArticleDurabilité et ATPC : État des lieux
4La notion de durabilité est sans aucun doute l’un des sujets les plus brûlants qui sous-tende nombre des questions que nous rencontrons dans le cadre de l’ATPC et de l’ensemble des pratiques WASH....
View ArticleBreaking the Next Taboo - Menstrual Hygiene within CLTS
6Menstruation is a natural and healthy part of the life of women and girls, but is often a taboo subject, not easily talked about, which can lead to feelings of embarrassment and shame. It can also...
View ArticleWebinar on gender, violence and access to WASH/ Webinaire Genre, violence et...
On Tuesday 17th March 2015 at 13.30 GMT (English) and 16.00 GMT (French), RWSN and WaterAid will be hosting a webinar on gender, violence, and access to WASH.This will be based on the gender, violence...
View ArticleLoosening the blockages: how can the sanitation sector reach everyone by 2030?
Jawaharpura05.JPGThe ambitionIn early August, government negotiators at the UN agreed on 'The 2030 agenda for sustainable development'. They put universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene at the...
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