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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

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 .  …

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Author: Gagan Deep
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New Delhi
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9 January 2013

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."

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31 October 2012

Nirmal Bharat Yatra celebrates Global Handwashing Day with soapy mega-party in Indore on 14 and 15 October

With more than 1,000 Indian children dying from diarrhea every day, India is the undisputed world leader in child mortality from preventable diarrhea, far ahead of Pakistan, Bangladesh or China. 

15 October 2012

Taking Menstrual Hygiene State - wide in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu in India is taking the lead when it comes to promote Menstrual Hyginene Managment at scale.  Doing more than mentioning the unmentionable!

Author: Amudha Periasamy
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10 October 2012

Upcoming conference: Menstrual Hygiene Management through WASH in Schools

A virtual conference on Menstrual Hygiene Management through WASH in Schools will take place on 27 September. Organized by UNICEF the event will bring together those already working on MHM-related issues. Read more!

20 September 2012

A tide of change in India - 3,000 days of pain and shame is out in the open

 WSSCC and the Nirmal Bharat Great WASH Yatra shows how Menstrual Hygiene Management significantly benefits women’s health, empowerment, education and liberty.

 

Source: WSSCC, WASH United and Quicksand
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13 September 2012

WSSCC’s Archana Patkar Reports from Rio: Water (and Sanitation) Spur Dialogue

The Rio +20 conference is taking place from June 20 to 22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and while not necessarily the biggest areas of focus, water and sanitation are nonetheless on the agenda. WSSCC's own Archana Patkar, Programme Manager for Networking and Knowledge Management, is on site in Rio. Among her tasks is to track and participate in developments related to post-Millennium Development Goal (MDG) setting, and equity and inclusion, particularly as it relates to the human right to water and sanitation.

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21 June 2012