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...
Implementing a pro-poor WASH strategy in Bangladesh and setting up community-based service monitoring for sustainability Read more...
World Water Week 2023 will take place from 20 –24 August and is focused on innovation at a time of unprecedented challenges Read more...
Women's Self-help Groups from Odisha, India, are trained in hygiene promotion and soap making. Read more...
How can the WASH sector contribute to the larger movement on menstrual health, education and equity? 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...
Three women share their stories about participation, leadership and changing roles in promoting sanitation and hygiene in Nepal, Bhutan and Viet Nam. The video was made to celebrate International Women's Day and features Mayadevi and Kaman (Nepal), Toan and Thinh (VietNam) and Tshering, Drukda, Tashi and Deschen (Bhutan).
The video is from SNV's Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All Programme (SSH4A), which has been implemented by local governments and partners in 17 districts across Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Viet Nam and Cambodia since 2008. It aims to provide one million people with access to improved hygiene and sanitation facilities by the end of 2015. As the approach aims at addressing access to sanitation for all, addressing gender issues and inequalities is key. SSH4A is a partnership between SNV, the Governments of the Netherlands, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Viet Nam and Cambodia in Asia and IRC with support from AusAID and DFID.
The QIS monitoring system that is being used gives special attention to gender and sanitation. First because many of the indicators differentiate between women and men. Secondly because data collection for each sample is duplicated by a male and a female monitoring team. Interestingly, preliminary results show that virtually all the male and female monitoring teams members gave the same scores for the gender indicators.
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