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Tanzania's recent toilet campaign gets high-level politicians on board. Why? Read more...
The Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) is working with community and health care facility (HCF) leaders to address the systemic issues around WASH in South Africa. Read more...
A meeting organised by Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) and IRC Uganda, to inform the parliamentarians about the Watershed empowering citizens programme, discuss key issues in WASH and IWRM, and make recommendations on how the issues can be addressed effectively. Read more...
What can civil society do to achieve the SDGs? Read more...
"Water should be colourless in all aspects, that is, it should not have any political colour, nor should it be seen as a means to gain votes. Our only motivation should be, to guarantee the human right of access to water, for everyone and forever". Mayor of San Antonio de Cortés, Honduras Read more...
"El agua debe ser incolora en todos los aspectos, es decir que tampoco debe tener color político, ni debe verse como un medio para ganar votos, nuestra única motivación debe ser garantizar ese derecho humano de acceso al agua, para todos y por siempre". Alcalde de San Antonio de Cortés. Read more...
Ahead of the European elections of 23 May. What can you do for water and sanitation for all, forever in Europe and beyond? Read more...
Let's focus on who pays for what all along the sanitation service delivery chain. Read more...
In the process of writing the Multi-annual Country Strategies: does the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs consider the WASH strategy? Read more...
What would universal access to water and sanitation look like by 2030? Read more...
Many current approaches won't work. We must build strong national and local systems dedicated to universality. Read more...
"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same... Read more...
At the 40th WEDC Conference last week, it was all about new takes on old ideas. Read more...
The latest water and sanitation innovations: approaches, technologies and financing instruments. Read more...
Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach. Read more...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the national governments jointly prepare for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) and the Dakar N'gor Declaration on Water and Sanitation. Read more...
Roel Blesgraaf looks back on day 2 of the Africa Water Week. Read more...
This post comes from Angela's expedited entry into the WASH sector to research why sustained success has been limited and to uncover which approaches to change might lead to lasting service provision. Read more...
D'une manière récurrente et presque systématique et ce, depuis cinq ans environs, les habitants de la capitale burkinabè connaissent la misère que vivent certaines villes du nord du pays du fait des coupures intempestives d'eau potable. Read more...
I was just at the Professional Women in Advocacy Conference . As I looked around the room, I realized it was the first professional conference where I did not know anyone. It made me recognize the WASH sector is lagging behind. Read more...