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Advocacy is the process of strategically managing and sharing knowledge to change and/or influence policies and practices that affect people's lives. [Source: WASH Advocates & IRC, 2015. The future of WASH advocacy : UNC Water and Health Conference, October 28, 2015, Washington, DC, USA: WASH Advocates and IRC]

 
Post-COP Activists Connect

Embracing the importance of interconnection

Looking back on Post-COP Activists Connect

Empowering citizens to raise your voice for water, Watershed 2016-2020

2021
A five-page glossy giving an overview of the...

Water, sanitation, and hygiene : the African WASH ministers’ guide to finance

2021
Understanding the financial issues that are...
Sanitation campaign in action in Tanzania

How Tanzanians got back into building toilets

Lessons from the National Sanitation Campaign.
Girl drinking water in Fort Portal, Uganda

Partnership for WASH Systems in Africa

UNICEF, IRC and Water For People have launched a partnership for strengthening national water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems.

Monitoring and accountability frameworks for SDG 6 : the role of civil scociety crganisations

2021
What is currently working well and what needs to...

Social and behavior change communication - participants' manual

2020
This manual is for planners, implementers and...

Social behavior change strategy

2020
This strategy is developed to guide design and...
Tingrela HCF

Hygiene promotion should be a long-term effort

"I am calling on WASH and health professionals to change the way we address hygiene promotion", says Juste Nansi, Country Director IRC Burkina Faso.

ONEWASH Plus: Delivering Value for Money in Eight Towns in Ethiopia

2020
The purpose of this technical paper is to present...

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Post-COP Activists Connect

Embracing the importance of interconnection

Published on: 02/02/2022
Looking back on Post-COP Activists Connect

Empowering citizens to raise your voice for water, Watershed 2016-2020

A five-page glossy giving an overview of the achievements of the Watershed programme.
Biblio info

Water, sanitation, and hygiene : the African WASH ministers’ guide to finance

Understanding the financial issues that are relevant to high-level decision makers is a first step in being able to advocate for much needed higher...
Biblio info

Sanitation campaign in action in Tanzania

How Tanzanians got back into building toilets

Published on: 15/12/2021
Lessons from the National Sanitation Campaign.

Tingrela HCF

Hygiene promotion should be a long-term effort

Published on: 04/05/2021
"I am calling on WASH and health professionals to change the way we address hygiene promotion", says Juste Nansi, Country Director IRC Burkina Faso.

ONEWASH Plus: Delivering Value for Money in Eight Towns in Ethiopia

The purpose of this technical paper is to present a value for money analysis of the ONEWASH Plus Programme in eight towns in Ethiopia. The analysis...
Biblio info

Attracting investments and closing the finance gap for water and sanitation in Europe

Keynote for World Health Organization presented at the Twelfth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health | UNECE.
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A guide to addressing Integrated Water Resource Management in implementation of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs WASH strategy 2016-2030

Conceptual frameworks and guiding questions that help identify opportunities to strengthen links between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and...
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Jerrycans at pump

We have a district WASH master plan: now what?

Published on: 01/04/2021
"The master plan provides a strategic tool in bringing all sector actors together around a singular objective." - Magdalene Matthews, Senior Program Officer, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

HE Ms Cora van Nieuwehuizen

90% of climate disasters are water related

Published on: 27/01/2021
Building resilience is not a "nice to have"- it is essential, says Ban Ki Moon.

Monitoring civil society advocacy : a guide for the water sector

A critical reflection on the use of planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) tools.
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Women fetching water in Sahel

Tackling systemic inequalities in water and sanitation

Published on: 10/12/2020
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.

Including persons with disabilities in the improvement of WASH services

Strategies and steps towards inclusion of persons with disabilities in the improvement of water and sanitation services in Ethiopia.
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Legitimacy and financial sustainability of CSO network organisations : lessons learned and relevance for global and regional CSO networks active in the WASH sector

Lessons learned and relevance for global and regional civil society organisation (CSO) networks active in the WASH sector.
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Changes in the civic space for water, sanitation and sexual health rights in Kajiado County, Kenya

Key finding of this briefing note: Overall, citizens holding governments to account is dependent on effective civil society and media shaping the...
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Freshwater conservation and WASH advocacy strategy workshop : facilitator's guide

This guide covers steps required for engaging effectively with decision-makers; increasing the impact beyond programmatic solutions; and influencing...
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Quote from Interview

Is the WASH sector good at communications?

Published on: 04/08/2020
Ever wonder if using the acronym WASH (however clever) has been a barrier to communicating what our sector does? Is it telling of our ability to communicate clearly?

COVID-19 - Social distancing at a handpump in Bangladesh.

How civil society is adapting WASH advocacy to COVID-19

Published on: 30/04/2020
Report of a Watershed empowering citizens webinar on adjusting your advocacy to COVID-19 pandemic.

Photo by Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/REX (10614307d)

Poverty kills

Published on: 20/04/2020
Every now and again the rich world has its nose rubbed in the true meaning of poverty. The coronavirus pandemic is but the latest example. We need to make sure it's the last.

Cartoon of Burkinabè asking their president for water during the pandemic (cartoon by André Jules Nikiema)

COVID-19 and rural water crisis: putting pressure on Burkina Government

Published on: 20/04/2020
IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis.

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