Resources / Search Results

Printer-friendly version
 
 
Showing result 1 to 10 of 214

Join WSSCC at the Women Deliver conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 28-30 2013!

With over 6,000 participants and 13 themes covering all aspects of women’s empowerment, Women Deliver is an exciting global initiative with high-level support from governments, companies, NGOs and United Nations entities worldwide. WSSCC will be highlighting the WASH sector’s important role in women’s empowerment and women’s health at Women Deliver and will convene cross-sector dialogue about Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)- further breaking the silence and taboos surrounding this important issue.

30 April 2013

WSSCC at the "Making connections: Women, sanitation and health" event

Women and girls have distinct needs that are often overlooked in debate, policy and planning in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health sectors.  Making connections: Women, sanitation and health brought, on the 29th April 2013,   together a diverse mix of academics, journalists, practitioners and activists from the WASH and gender sectors to present and debate critical issues on gender, sanitation and health. The event  also included the launch of SHARE and WaterAid's new Menstrual Hygiene Matters resource.

24 April 2013

Menstruation taboo puts 300 mln women in India at risk - experts

At least 23 percent of girls in India leave school when they start menstruating and the rest miss an average of five days during each monthly menstrual period between the ages of 12 and 18, according to WSSCC, a partnership run by government, non-governmental organisation (NGO) members and a United  Nations-hosted secretariat.

Source: Alertnet // Julie Mollins
|
11 February 2013

Global Sanitation Fund Advisory Committee meets in Geneva

The Advisory Committee of the Global Sanitation Fund met in Geneva 5 to 6 February.

Source: WSSCC
|
6 February 2013

Read the latest news about the Global Sanitation Fund in Nepal

Exciting things are happening as the Global Sanitation Fund continues to be implemented in Nepal. UN-Habitat is leading the work as the Executing Agencies, and a number of partner Sub-Grantees are working to achieve Open Defecation Free Status in 5 districts and five municipalities. The four components of the GSF programme are

Source: UN-Habitat Nepal
|
11 January 2013

A Typical View Of Girl Toilets in Urban Slums of India

The View Of a typical Girls Toilet in Urban Slums of India . Girl are facing a big problem in India both in (Urban & Rural Slums) in terms of Toilets .  …

Photo
|
Author: Gagan Deep
|
New Delhi
|
9 January 2013

Sanitation and Hygiene Advocacy and Communication Strategy Framework 2012-2017

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India and UNICEF jointly developed, along with other partners, the National Sanitation and Hygiene Advocacy and Communication Strategy Framework 2012-2017. 

Publications
|
Author: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India
|
English
|
PDF

Livelihood Links to Poor Water Quality in India: Alternates

 

The water quality problem in India is severe in many pockets of the country. It has been learnt that there are comparatively less efforts toward addressing the problems related to water quality by government and other agencies in India. We have examples where the youth could not find jobs in organizations or public sector agencies those take physical fitness test by looking in each parameter of health of a person. In majority of cases the health authorities are not aware about the severity of endemic water quality problems in their area. The institutional coordination and knowledge networking efforts are shockingly negligible. This article tells that what the agencies and government should consider in such situation.  

People's Stories
|
Author: K N Vajpai
|
India
|
30 November 2012

WSSCC talks menstrual hygiene at University of North Carolina conference

Menstrual hygiene management, an important topic which is the focus of WSSCC research and advocacy efforts, is on the agenda for the 450 leading water experts gathering this week in Chapel Hill, N.C., USA, for the second annual conference on "Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy."

Source: WSSCC
|
31 October 2012