Forget Food Bill, India Needs Sanitation
India is poised to launch one of the biggest food subsidy programs ever attempted, but some experts say it will fail unless major steps are taken to improve sanitation.
Policy and advocacy for sanitation
Sanitation and stunting in India: Undernutrition's blind spot
The puzzle of persistent undernutrition in India is largely explained by open defecation, population density, and lack of sanitation and hygiene. The impact on nutrition of many faecally-transmitted infections, not just the diarrhoeas, has been a blind spot. In hygienic conditions much of the undernutrition in India would disappear. To tackle undernutrition effectively requires the elimination of open defecation and a radical transformation of sanitation and hygiene policies and practices.
Date: 15 July 2013
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The unsanitary truth about gender inequality in India
A lack of basic sanitation and privacy in Indian schools is driving adolescent girls away from education.
Making Connections: Women, Sanitation and Health
The "Making connections: Women, sanitation and health" event took place on 29th April 2013, attracting around 200 attendees from theWASH, gender and health sectors. Diverse representatives from each sector presented and debated critical issues linking gender, sanitation and health including violence against women and girls, maternal health and menstrual hygiene.
Date: 28 May 2013
Evidence Paper on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (DFID)
This WASH evidence paper aims to provide an accessible guide to existing evidence including a conceptual framework for understanding how WASH impacts on health and well-being and a description of methods used for ascertaining the health, economic and social impacts of WASH. The paper was commissioned by the DFID Water and Sanitation (WASH) and Research and Evidence Division (RED) teams and undertaken by the DFID-funded Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) research programme consortium.
Date: 28 May 2013
Gender based violence and sanitation, hygiene and water
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Globally it is estimated that up to 70% of women will face gender based violence at some point in their lifetime. Gender based violence is a widespread and complex issue rooted in power differences and structural inequality between men and women. So why look at this issue from the perspective of the WASH professional?
UNICEF Zambia CLTS Newsletter March to May 2013
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WASH newsletter produced by UNICEF Zambia and the Ministry of Local Government and Housing, featuring articles on Sanitation Marketing in Zambia, the District Total Sanitation Plan, a case study on Oyera village and an interview with a CLTS champion.
Date: 16 May 2013
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Elevating the profile of sanitation in Ngora District, Uganda
Uganda joined the rest of the world in commemorating sanitation week in March 2013. On the 19th March 2013 the annual event was held in Ngora district. Plan Uganda and other partners supported the Ministry of Health and the district in organizing an event with the theme 'Open Defecation is a shame, use a latrine'. Read an article about the celebrations and activities that took place to mark this day.
Shun open defecation, Ogun rural dwellers urged
Rural dwellers across Ogun State have been enjoined to shun open defecation and endeavour to construct latrines for appropriate disposal of their feaces. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development in the state, Mrs Olayinka Kukoyi gave this charge at a training programme for facilitators on the Community-Led-Total sanitation (CLTs) Approaches, an initiative of the Federal and state governments. Represented by the Programme Manager, Rural Water and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSAN), Mr Olatokunbo Sonde, Mrs.
Aregbesola’s wife warns Fulani communities against open defecation
Wife of the Osun State governor, Mrs. Sherifat Aregbesola has warned Fulani communities in the state against open defecation practices, saying such practice was inimical to healthy living and growth in the society. Addressing Fulani residents in Gaatepatan in Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State, during a one-day sensitisation meeting, Mrs.
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