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How can the WASH sector contribute to the larger movement on menstrual health, education and equity? Read more...
An interview with Khorik Istiana the winner of the 2021 Ton Schouten Award. Read more...
On World Toilet Day, I am sharing a positive story to inspire everyone. Read more...
Joint efforts at various levels are being made in Bangladesh to improve WASH in health care facilities. Read more...
During menstruation every woman wants to cuddle up in a warm blanket. However, women in certain rural areas in Nepal have to sleep in a cowshed during that period of the month. Read more...
An analysis of hygiene effectiveness and costs in Bhutan. Read more...
The objective of Action Research for Learning was to strengthen the capacities of the selected partners for action research, analysis, reporting and learning. Read more...
From service delivery approaches to costing studies. IRC posters presented at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference in Chapel Hill, USA. Read more...
It costs at least US$ 10 per student to construct water and sanitation facilities in schools and another US$ 1.40 per student per year for all recurrent costs including continuous support to hygiene promotion. Read more...
28 May is Menstrual Hygiene Day. In Bangladesh, BRAC field staff are working hard to "end the hesitation around menstruation" especially in schools. Read more...
In Bangladesh, the lack of separate latrines for girls and menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools are major factors in the disproportionate rate of absence and dropout of adolescent girls. Read more...
What about looking deep into on-going WASH programmes and analysing their strengths and weaknesses? What about designing innovative ways of measuring the effectiveness of these approaches? And what about testing adjustments to their activities to make the interventions even more effective? Read more...
IRC and the BRAC WASH programme's efforts in reaching out to men through the tea stall approach as informal meeting spaces for men to talk about hygiene in Bangladesh. Read more...
Student Shahanaz Parveen can now openly talk about aspects of menstruation with other adolescent girls from her village and school. Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme is fighting taboos around menstrual hygiene management. Read more...
An overview of Save the Children's School Health and Nutrition program in Bangladesh. Read more...