By participating in decision making, a citizen committee helps local government budget effectively for better water and sanitation services. Read more...
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Read more...
Hygiene is both the first and the last defence against diseases due to climate change. Read more...
Unicef et IRC forment 35 députés et assistants parlementaires en genre et AFDH Read more...
An indigenous movement helps women and people living with disabilities advocate for their rights in public platforms. Read more...
An approach is developed to assess WASH risks in marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches. Read more...
Listen to Barbara Schreiner keynote speech delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12 March 2019. Read more...
In the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector there is not just one WASH system.
There are many systems. And they interact.
The physical system (the pumps, the pipes); the institutional systems, the political economy, and the social systems. Each of these sub-systems are complex in their own right. And working on these systems requires a sector that is able to talk across disciplines, and find a common language.
There is also the 'Shadow System': the corruption and lack of integrity that is integral to the sector and costs anywhere between 10-35% of the finances.
Barbara Schreiner and her team at WIN (Water Integrity Network) are responding to this 'Shadow System' by working on four areas: transparency, accountability, participation, and working on anti-corruption mechanisms at different levels. This to cement integrity, and keep out corruption in the sector.
Learn more from Barbara and her work as Executive Director of the Water Integrity Network (WIN).
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Keynote speech delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12-14 March 2019.
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Listen to IRC's Patrick Moriarty keynote speech delivered at the All systems go! WASH systems symposium 12 March 2019. Read more...
IRC Uganda and the Ministry of Education and Sports recently hosted a stakeholders' breakfast meeting to discuss action for improving Menstrual Health Management Read more...
Tanzania's recent toilet campaign gets high-level politicians on board. Why? Read more...
During a Watershed field trip, a community leader experiences a lightbulb moment. Read more...
The Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) is working with community and health care facility (HCF) leaders to address the systemic issues around WASH in South Africa. Read more...
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The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale. Read more...
IRC collaborated with partners to develop a new approach to assess WASH risks in marginal populations in Ethiopia. Read more...
Understanding local systems to find solutions to poor sustainability in Ethiopia Read more...
This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,... Read more...
IRC's learning platform, the WASH Systems Academ y, is shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the Spindle award "Best Innovation for Development". Read more...
Systems strengthening case studies from Agenda for Change partners in Bolivia, Uganda, Madagascar and Nicaragua. Read more...