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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has partnered with IRC Uganda to improve access to water and sanitation services for vulnerable communities in Kabarole and Bunyangabu districts. Read more...
Five lessons about mobilising political will to achieve gender equality and inspire partners to engage with high level political leaders Read more...
Equity in sanitation: Empowering women entrepreneurs. Read more...
This is the story of Yeshi, an Ethiopian woman who became a successful sanitation entrepreneur. Read more...
"In Diversity there is beauty and there is strength" - Maya Angelou Read more...
The WASH SDG programme is making efforts towards being Gender Equality and Social Inclusive (GESI) sensitive, but is a long way from being GESI empowered Read more...
I was given the honour of providing a summary of the action points at the 2022 World Toilet Summit in Nigeria. Read more...
Empowering young women to become the water managers of the future in India Read more...
Training a women's self-help group in rural India to realise their dream of a clean village. Read more...
A collaboration of experts has drawn up a new definition on menstrual health to advance advocacy and coherent action. Read more...
The Water User Committee in Anandapur village (India) consists of 12 women volunteers who have been trained on issues of water quality, budgeting and more. Read more...
On International Women's Day , research from Water.org shows how empowerment flows from financing improved water and sanitation access. Read more...
Systematic or systemic inequalities are grounded in our mindsets; in the way, we think, in the way we plan, in the way we see people, and in the way we interpret the rights to water and sanitation. Read more...
What challenges are women in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) businesses facing in Ethiopia? Read more...
Guest blogger Srilekha Chakraborty , 2020 winner of the Ton Schouten Award, shares stories from the ground on the pandemic in India. Read more...
COVID-19 and #BlackLivesMatter are a wake-up call for leaders to take a closer look at WASH knowledge generation. Read more...
Being true to #BlackLivesMatter. Report of an IRC Global Talk. Read more...
Smarter emergency measures against COVID-19 needed to ensure lasting solutions in service provision. Read more...
IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis. Read more...
My story of empowerment starts from a toilet, or to be precise the lack of it. Read more...