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Sanitation workers in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Health and safety of sanitation workers on the line

Published on: 12/12/2019
Sanitation workers deserve safe working conditions through legal protection and operational guidelines.

2014 WASH Sustainability Forum

WASH events calendar

Published on: 01/12/2019
Major international and national water, sanitation and hygiene conferences, meetings, webinars and days.

Upturned tree caused by flooding in Ethiopia

Poor sanitation is the shittiest consequence of climate change

Published on: 14/11/2019
Why sanitation matters in the climate discourse.

All systems go! WASH systems symposium : proceedings part 2

All systems go! was the first event of its kind dedicated explicitly to using systems approaches in the WASH sector. These symposium proceedings...
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Loo with a view, Trawden, Lancashire, UK

Stop being a neo-liberal and embrace the sanitation system

Published on: 13/11/2019
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source.

USAID Transform WASH Programme: Latrine slab construction in Shashego woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia

We are not on track to achieve SDG 6.2

Published on: 12/11/2019
How combining Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and market-based approaches can help.

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change...
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COO Joost Kooijmans explains the finer points of Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) to Aquafed’s President Mamadou Dia and Execu

Bringing the private sector to the table

Published on: 16/10/2019
The question is not if, but how they should be involved.

Systems strengthening: lessons from the health sector

Listen to the keynote of Dr Gilbert Buckle, delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium and learn more about his work as public health...
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Handwashing stand

Why hygiene matters in the climate change discourse

Published on: 14/10/2019
Hygiene is both the first and the last defence against diseases due to climate change.

Addressing the 'shadow system'

Listen to Barbara Schreiner keynote speech delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12 March 2019.
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Strong systems : making water and sanitation for everyone, everywhere and forever a reality

Listen to IRC's Patrick Moriarty keynote speech delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12 March 2019.
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IRC's WASH Systems Academy shortlisted for Innovation Award

Published on: 26/09/2019
IRC's new learning platform, the WASH Systems Academ y, has been shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the Spindle award "Best Innovation for Development".

Golden toilet (photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How many Golden Toilets does the world need?

Published on: 19/09/2019
What could the proceeds of one golden toilet achieve for reaching Sustainable Development Goal 6.2?

These Funders Are Betting on a Systems Approach

These funders are betting on a systems approach

Published on: 17/09/2019
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.

Women in Bangladesh queuing for water

IRC partners with Global Citizen

Published on: 16/09/2019
IRC is delighted to announce that we are working together with Global Citizen for their upcoming festival in New York on Saturday 28 September 2019.

SIWI sofa 2019

World Water Week 2019 through the lens of IRC

Published on: 13/09/2019
Finding ways to build and finance strong WASH systems, including everyone along the way.

Glass half full or half empty?

A GLAAS half full?

Published on: 11/09/2019
Two new UN reports show where we are and where it is we want to get to; now it's time to step up national leadership.

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IRC joins the #GivingTuesday movement

Published on: 04/09/2019
3 December 2019 - for the very first time - the Netherlands will also celebrate the global giving movement. And IRC is helping make this happen.

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WASH Systems Academy to be launched at World Water Week

Published on: 15/08/2019
Soon, everyone will have a chance at becoming a WASH systems master with this unique learning platform on WASH systems strengthening.

Watershed annual report 2018

There is evidence of strengthened capacities for lobby and advocacy (L&A) and WASH service delivery impact in the six programme countries (India...
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Vida Duti, Country Director of IRC Ghana wins the 2019 OFID Annual Award for Development, Photo: OFID Multimedia

Vida Duti wins OFID Annual Award for International Development

Published on: 19/07/2019
We are proud to announce that our Country Director for Ghana, Vida Duti has won the 2019 OFID Annual Award for Development for her exemplary dedication to delivering safe, reliable and affordable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to the people of Ghana, especially in Asutifi North...

Woman constructing latrine in Wazinet village, Eritrea

The good, the bad and the ugly of global WASH finance

Published on: 10/07/2019
What is needed to eliminate inequalities and achieve universal access to sanitation?

Patrick Moriarty

Patrick Moriarty elected chair of SWA Steering Committee

Published on: 02/07/2019
IRC's CEO will serve as chair of the decision-making body of Sanitation and Water for All for the coming three years.

IRC annual report 2018

This annual report reflects on 2018, the second year of our refreshed strategy, which focuses on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal 6...
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