This study provides new evidence that WASH access and practices are associated with self-reported reproductive tract infection symptoms in rural... Read more...
Interventions that ensure women have access to private facilities with water for Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and that educate women about... Read more...
Raising awareness about the socioeconomic, health and environmental context: a WASH Talk podcast. Read more...
A Bollywood film has raised awareness about menstrual hygiene, but there's more to it than just sanitary pads. Read more...
Many current approaches won't work. We must build strong national and local systems dedicated to universality. Read more...
We have come a long way, but educating schoolgirls and women remains essential. Read more...
There is a need to prepare Jordanian school‐aged girls for menstruation before menarche. Read more...
New 2018 RWSN webinar series on rural water services, April 3rd - June 5th, 2018 Read more...
Watershed partners beat the drum for public finance, civil society and good water governance. Read more...
"The award contributed to WASH in ways beyond my imagination" - we talked with Benti Ejeta from Ethiopia about his first year as an awardee . Read more...
The Global Handwashing Partnership and IRC are organising a discussion on 9 May 2018 at 10 am ET, focused on ways to use existing systems to improve scale and sustainability of hygiene promotion efforts. Hygiene behaviours one of the most effective ways to improve outcomes in health, education, and... Read more...
This RWSN webinar will present some preliminary findings of a global review on national accountability mechanisms for SDG6, as well as experiences shared by RWSN members during a recent e-discussion on the topic. ENG: How can we make providers and governments accountable for rural water services?... Read more...
Communal groundwater supplies are likely to remain the main source of improved water supplies for many rural areas in Africa and South Asia for... Read more...
Where does the 30% handpump failure statistic come from? Read more...
How do we make sure that everyone has a basic level of service? Report of an IRC WASH Debate. Read more...
A networking event on 29 May for water and environmental professionals in The Hague. Read more...
The Hague edition of Blue Drinks, an event started by the Canadian Water Network, is now being organised for the second time. Co-organisers are IRC's Angela Huston and Lisa Andrews from the International Water Association (IWA). Lisa wrote a background article about Blue Drinks just after the... Read more...
A conceptual framework for social inclusion In WASH programmes and the dilemmas and challenges involved in ensuring that no one is left behind are... Read more...
How do you make development programmes inclusive and what challenges do you face. Read more...
The district's unserved have been mapped and the dilemmas identified that need to be overcome to ensure that no one is left behind. Read more...