A collaboration of experts has drawn up a new definition on menstrual health to advance advocacy and coherent action. Read more...
This is the first of a series of blog posts on building resilient WASH systems in fragile contexts. Read more...
Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source. Read more...
We joined hands with Amnesty International to raise awareness for global water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) challenges amongst 10 year olds. Read more...
The drive for reaching SDG 6 has created a big demand from private safe water businesses to help governments supply safe water. Read more...
Access to water and sanitation is a basic human right. No one, whatever their circumstances, should be forced to live in conditions where these services are not made available. And yet this is the case for many inmates in overcrowded prisons around the world. Read more...
This blogpost was originally published by Sanitation and Water for All on LinkedIn and is prepared by Make Rights Real , a group of individuals and organisations, the majority of whom are SWA partners, collaborating on the integration of human rights into water and sanitation sector. Read more...
The Agenda for Change meeting in Bamako, Mali, held from November 12th to 14th, 2024, brought together members from across the Sahel region (Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso) to discuss and identify collaborative activities for strengthening WASH systems. Read more...
Ceci est un rapport d'un atelier de l'Agenda pour le changement sur la création d'une synergie autour des systèmes WASH dans la région du Sahel. Read more...
L'atelier Agenda for Change à Bamako a réuni des experts et partenaires pour renforcer les systèmes WASH dans le Sahel, en mettant en avant la collaboration régionale, le leadership gouvernemental et des approches innovantes pour garantir un accès universel et durable à l'eau, l'assainissement et l... Read more...
This blog outlines the Burkinabè experience with the complexity of turning political promises into sustainable outcomes. Read more...
Over 117 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to conflict, persecution, and violence last year—a figure that has steadily risen over the past 12 years ( UNHCR, 2024 ). Around half moved within their country boundaries as internally displaced persons (IDPs) while others are forced to... Read more...
Basic facts about the epidemic, the linkages between HIV/AIDS and WASH, the impact of HIV/AIDS on water and sanitation organizations and services,... Read more...
Vida was a child when a military regime seized power from the government in Ghana in 1979. At the time, Vida and her family were living in the capital, Accra. Many families – including Vida’s – had to leave their homes, to flee the violence and economic instability. They went to live in a village... Read more...
Presentations from the WASH Learning theme 4 - Governments, politics and systems change session of the All Systems Connect International Symposium... Read more...
Presentations from the CONNECT Social Justice thematic track of the All Systems Connect International Symposium 2023. Read more...
Key commitments were made by African heads of state during UN Water Conference 2023 Read more...
WASH interventions can help reduce carbon emissions, especially by limiting methane gas emissions from sanitation. Systematic assessment of... Read more...
Member exchange: expanding civic space in the water and sanitation sector. Read more...