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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]

 
James Ata-Era, Ghana

Asutifi North District Assembly meets IRC management team

Asutifi North District Assembly holds 'Akwaaba' meeting with IRC senior management team
Bronyakrom community in Ghana

ANAM partners launch WASH services to hard-to-reach communities

This is the launch of the WASH for hard-to-reach households project. The team is visiting...

Monitoring and Accountability Frameworks for SDG 6: The Role of Civil Society Organisations ...

2021
Kabende, image by Vera van der Grift

Getting water to Kabende subcounty, Uganda

Balancing safe water needs, demands, and rights to water for the people of Kabende sub county,...
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Join IRC and Partners at World Water Week 2021 Online

See what we have planned with partners during the virtual Stockholm World Water Week 2021 from 23-...

Meeting on supporting local CSOs to advocate for WASH under the ANAM initiative

Special session to announce the winners of the ANAM Small Grant Call in April 2021.

Social and behavior change communication - participants' manual

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

Watershed annual report 2020 (including 2016-2020)

2021
This annual report 2016-2020 presents the work...

Social behavior change strategy

2020
This strategy is developed to guide design and...
India - Assam, Activist Mayuri Bhattacharjee. Credit: Rudrani Ghosh

Sanitary napkins declared an essential flood relief item in Assam

Landmark decision the result of a two-year-long digital campaign by 2019 Ton Schouten Award winner...

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James Ata-Era, Ghana

Asutifi North District Assembly meets IRC management team

Published on: 04/08/2021
Asutifi North District Assembly holds 'Akwaaba' meeting with IRC senior management team

Bronyakrom community in Ghana

ANAM partners launch WASH services to hard-to-reach communities

Published on: 04/08/2021
This is the launch of the WASH for hard-to-reach households project. The team is visiting Bronyakrom, a hard-to-reach community that has been connected to a water point.

Kabende, image by Vera van der Grift

Getting water to Kabende subcounty, Uganda

Published on: 27/07/2021
Balancing safe water needs, demands, and rights to water for the people of Kabende sub county, Kabarole district in Uganda

announcement SWWW

Join IRC and Partners at World Water Week 2021 Online

Published on: 13/07/2021
See what we have planned with partners during the virtual Stockholm World Water Week 2021 from 23-27 August. This year's theme is "Building Resilience Faster".

Meeting on supporting local CSOs to advocate for WASH under the ANAM initiative

Published on: 05/07/2021
Special session to announce the winners of the ANAM Small Grant Call in April 2021.

Watershed annual report 2020 (including 2016-2020)

This annual report 2016-2020 presents the work the Watershed empowering citizens programme has done with its partners and its achievements since its...
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India - Assam, Activist Mayuri Bhattacharjee. Credit: Rudrani Ghosh

Sanitary napkins declared an essential flood relief item in Assam

Published on: 04/06/2021
Landmark decision the result of a two-year-long digital campaign by 2019 Ton Schouten Award winner Mayuri Bhattacharjee

SWA Launches Finance Webinar Series 2021 CAPTURE

SWA Finance Webinar Series 2021

Published on: 27/05/2021
1 June| 8 June| 15 June| 22 June

The new NDPIII programmatic approach and its implications for WASH CSOs in Uganda

Uganda's new third National Development Plan (NDPIII) 2020/21 – 2024/25 launched last year introduced a new institutional framework with a shift from...
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International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day

Published on: 10/05/2021
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) commemorates this important day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) resources and...

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.

WASH CSO representatives at the NDP3 dialogue in Kampala, April 2021

Uganda WASH civil society embrace new national development plan

Published on: 04/05/2021
Civil society working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in Uganda together with the Ministry of Water and Environment are engaging to re-align sector implementation to the new programmatic approach of the National Development Plan III.

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Webinar on COVID-19 Appropriate Behaviour in 2021, 05 May 2021

Published on: 04/05/2021
Celebrating World Hand Hygiene Day in India by calling organisations and networks to promote COVID-19 appropriate behaviour to stop the pandemic.

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World Hand Hygiene Day 5 May 2021

Published on: 04/05/2021
Each year the SAVE LIVES: World Health Organisation's Clean Your Hands campaign aims to progress the goal of maintaining a global profile on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to 'bring people together' in support of hand hygiene improvement globally. WHO calls on everyone to be...

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

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[Webinar] Climate finance for WASH (English, Spanish and Portuguese)

Published on: 19/04/2021
Thursday 29 April at 3 pm London | 4 pm CET, Latin America and the Caribbean | Africa | Europe, English-Spanish-Portuguese interpretation SWA together with GWP, UNICEF and WaterAid are co-convening a webinar series to strengthen partners' knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and...

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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SKoll forum page

2021 Skoll World Forum, 13-15 April

Published on: 06/04/2021
The Skoll World Forum is going virtual from April 13-15, 2021! This year's program is a mix of plenaries, sessions, networking activities, and more.

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

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Marking World Water Day in Kabarole district in Uganda

Published on: 22/03/2021
IRC Uganda and its partners supported and participated in the series of Uganda Water and Environment Week 2021 activities in Kabarole to raise awareness about the sustainable use of water resources.

Advocating for WASH in Healthcare Facilities: A Roundtable Series

Published on: 10/02/2021
Advocating for WASH in Healthcare Facilities: A Roundtable Series, taking place on Wednesday 17 February, 3 and 17 March @ 7AM EST, 1PM GMT+1. IRC's Elynn Walter is moderating the first session on WASH in Health Facilities

Voices for Water

[Media release] Raising your voice for water

Published on: 01/02/2021
Media release - Watershed empowering citizens programme launches Voices for Water: a global campaign to support citizens in raising their voice for the right to safe water.

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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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