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November 17, 2023
Unmasking gender disparities in Indian sanitation
Women's struggle for sanitation equity in rural areas and urban slums India
A training exercise on water and sanitation, as part of an EU-funded project on integrated water resource management in Rajasthan. (Image: UN Women Asia and Pacific; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)
October 20, 2023
Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems
A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives
Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
July 12, 2023
Saamuhika Shakti: Empowering Bangalore waste pickers to live dignified lives
A collective impact effort, the first of its type in India that provides informal waste pickers a chance to live safe and dignified lives, with particular emphasis on gender and equity.
Waste pickers and sorters working hard to extract recyclable value from the waste we throw out (Image: Vinod Sebastian/ Saamuhika Shakti)
February 7, 2023
Budget 2023-24: Drinking water supply and sanitation continues to get priority
Budgetary allocations for urban sanitation get an impetus, but Swachh Bharat Mission – Rural (SBM-R) records no change in its budgetary allocation
An amount of Rs 1840 crore has been approved to effecvely implement Water Security Plans through convergence of ongoing/new schemes (Image: Pavitra K B Rao, Wikimedia Commons)
December 13, 2022
Mobilising communities for WASH
WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
September 27, 2022
Dirty drains drain health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
स्कूलों में शौचालय के हाल पर संसदीय समिति खफा
Posted on 04 Jan, 2015 12:47 PM

नई दिल्ली (भाषा)। स्कूलों में शौचालय एवं पेयजल सुविधाओं की दयनीय स्थिति पर अप्रसन्नता व्यक्त करते हुए संसद की एक समिति ने कहा कि विद्य
शौचालय से बदलती सोच
Posted on 04 Jan, 2015 11:53 AM

अधिकतर देशों में शौचालय के बारे में बात करना संकोच का विषय माना जाता है। लेकिन हम यह नहीं समझते कि जब तक इस बारे में बात नहीं करेंगे, त
कचरा बटोरता बचपन
Posted on 04 Jan, 2015 10:07 AM

सय्यद मुबीन ज़ेहरा
विकासशील देशों में अपशिष्ट जल का विकेन्द्रीकृत शोधन और समाधान
Posted on 03 Jan, 2015 04:21 PM

इंडोनेशिया में सम्मेलन
 
Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Posted on 03 Jan, 2015 03:51 PM

The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility is not novel. Influential businesses and stalwarts have given back to the society in the form of philanthropic endowments.
शौचालय का अभाव बच्चों के लिए खतरा एक शर्मनाक किस्सा
Posted on 03 Jan, 2015 02:37 PM

समुदाय में शौचालय के बारे में जब भी बात की जाती है तो उसके होने से स्वास्थ्य में लाभ को सर्वोच्च महत्ता दी जाती है। परन्तु शौचालय के अ
भारत में स्वच्छता और सामाजिक परिवर्तन
Posted on 03 Jan, 2015 02:16 PM
Toilet torture: Women and their woes in the slums of Mumbai
Posted on 02 Jan, 2015 01:15 PM

While the burden of bad sanitation affect men and women, its consequences are far worse for the latter. Bad sanitation results not only in poor health but also greatly limits women’s mobility and freedom affecting their safety and impeding them from living a dignified life.
Sulabh International welcomes the Prime Minister's call for a Swachh Bharat
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 11:42 AM
Mahatma Gandhi called out for everyone to be his own scavenger in the early decades of the 20th century. Nearly 100 years later, 2014 saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulate his vision for a clean India, through the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Collective sanitation as practised by Mahatma Gandhi
Posted on 29 Dec, 2014 02:28 PM

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