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Recently I listened to a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger on how the climate movement is stuck and needs to reset. I think our approach to solving the water and sanitation crisis could help. Read more...
Sustainable, resilient WASH systems for all. Reflections from IRC on World Water Week 2021. Read more...
Menstrual Hygiene Day, my bloody favourite day of the year. Read more...
UK cuts on water, sanitation and hygiene aid betray international pledges to save lives Read more...
Watershed empowering citizens was a unique programme focused on advocacy and influencing. After 5 years, what have we learned? Read more...
Building resilience is not a "nice to have"- it is essential, says Ban Ki Moon. Read more...
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change. Read more...
Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk. Read more...
Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach. Read more...
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source. Read more...
Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been piecemeal, resulting in broken pipes and pumps, disillusioned donors, and suffering beneficiaries. Read more...
Why networking and collective action are essential to systems change. Read more...
What it will take to bring water and sanitation to everyone. Read more...
World Water Week participants engage with elements of the WASH system. Read more...
This is the first of my 'weekly WASH graphs', exploring the relation between the wealth of a country over time, and its level of access to at least basic water services. Read more...
World Toilet Day should really be World Sanitation Systems Day! Read more...