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Sanitation, Hygiene and Water for All GSF helps 1.4 million people gain improved sanitation The Global Sanitation Fund Progress Report 2012, a new report from the UN-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), details programmatic results, reporting methodology and financial data from GSF programmes. WSSCC shines light on menstrual hygiene management Menstrual Hygiene remains a taboo subject, biologically centre stage but neglected in adolescent girls and women’s health, education and quality of life. WSSCC celebrated International Women's Day with a seminar to share current directions in global research, policy and practice. Photo: Sonja Och GDP for GDP: the new advocacy campaign from WSSCC WSSCC proudly announces GDP for GDP -- Good Dignity Practices for Gross Domestic Product, the latest edition of its flagship Global WASH Campaign. Visit the WASH Advocacy page to learn more! Dignity includes privacy and safety In some countries, women risk sexual assault when they walk many kilometres to defecate in privacy or fetch water. Toilets and taps are vital but rape can be fatal. Sanitation is vital for health Improved sanitation reduces diarrhoea, worms and other diseases which today claim 1.5 million child lives every year, or one every 20 seconds. Action for sanitation saves lives. Sanitation is good for the environment If collected, the world's openly defecated excrement would fill Wembley Stadium -- every day. Uncollected, it fouls the environment and exposes millions of people to disease and squalor. Sanitation: bang for the buck Improved sanitation spurs economic growth and poverty reduction. A dollar invested in sanitation returns $9 in economic benefits. Imagine it: billions of wealthier, healthier people. Sanitation fosters social development Sanitation is dignity, privacy and safety, especially for women and girls. It improves convenience and social status. In schools, it promotes attendance by children, especially girls in puberty. Yes is the answer 2.6 billion people lack toilets today but don't have to tomorrow. Technologies, approaches and skilled people are ready. Hard work, plain talk, strong leadership and demand creation are remedies. Your water: natural, carbonated or fouled? For 884 million people, drinking water is dirty or hard to access. One gram of faeces can contain 10 million viruses and one million bacteria. Thirsty?		Topics	News 17 May 2013 Request for Proposals: "GSF Mid-Term Evaluation Consulting Services" 13 May 2013 The Sanitation Ambassador 2 May 2013 Highlights from East Africa Civil Society Forum - April 2013 30 April 2013 Join WSSCC at the Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 28-30 2013! 24 April 2013 WSSCC at the "Making connections: Women, sanitation and health" event
In focus Women Deliver: 3rd Global Conference Women Deliver 2013 will serve as a global platform for ensuring that the health and rights of girls and women remain top priorities. Learn more.	Resources GSF Progress Report 2012 The Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) Progress Report 2012, a new report from WSSCC, shows how the GSF is positively impacting millions of people. Learn more.	Real life stories The Sanitation Ambassador Haji Osman Sahib promotes the use of toilets amongst Muslins. Now, he wants to intensify this movement against open defecation. Read here his story.	Advocate for WASH Highlights from East Africa CSO Forum - April 2013 The Forum was jointly organized by WSSCC, WaterAid East Africa, End Water Poverty, Sanitation and Water for All and the African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation .Learn more.
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