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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)
June 26, 2023
Social innovation in urban sanitation in India: Meeting unmet needs
While governmental efforts have contributed greatly to improving urban sanitation in the country and are much discussed in literature, systematic documentation and critical analysis of efforts made by nongovernmental institutions continues to be invisible in the discourse on sanitation and needs to be acknowledged, argues this book.
Urban sanitation, a growing challenge in India (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
April 22, 2023
Cities urgently need to step up climate action
Bangalore hosts conference to help cities mainstream climate actions
Cities continue to face daunting capacity constraints as they pursue urgently needed climate action (Image: Nimit Nagpal, Wikipedia Commons)
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)
My friend 'non-toxic' Ganesha
Posted on 11 Sep, 2015 10:01 AM
Ganesh Chathurthi, a much-awaited event in the Hindu calendar, is celebrated with great pomp especially in Western India. The reason could be that freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak used this festival in the 1890s to arouse the nationalistic sentiments of locals and bring all factions together against the reigning British.
Direct discharge of human waste from railway coaches onto the tracks makes the National Green Tribunal very unhappy
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:16 AM
National Green Tribunal unhappy with Railways’ practice of discharging waste directly onto the tracks
 
To pee or not to pee: A question women may not need to ask any more
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 01:12 PM
Women may finally have the freedom to pee anywhere, without having to analyse the extent of a public toilet's hygiene. Read, all ye women, before your next pee break!
 
Author: Amrtha Kasturi Rangan
Lead image courtesy: Priya Desai
 
Scenario 1: You go to a cinema and it's cold.
The Good, Bad and Ugly revealed
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 11:55 AM

The Ministry of Urban Development has made public the results of a survey it conducted to assess the level of cleanliness in 476 cities across India. And, in keeping with the more general perceptions about order and cleanliness, a substantial number of cities from South India figured in the top 100.
Do more toilets mean a 'Swachh Bharat'? These graphs tell it all
Posted on 03 Jul, 2015 10:33 AM

Every 10 years, the government gears up to capture colossal amounts of data through its Census.
Swachh Punjab' is a stinking reality
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 12:17 PM

The state's high toilet coverage has compounded the problem of water pollution and diseases. It now needs an efficient and affordable sewage treatment system.

Authored By : Manu Moudgil
May 28, 2015 - World Menstrual Hygiene Day
Posted on 27 May, 2015 02:21 PM

May 28th is celebrated as Menstrual Hygiene Day annually across the globe to raise awareness and break the silence around menstruation and menstrual hygiene management.

As part of the celebrations, WASH United, along with its partners organizes several events across continents. Here's a list of all the action in India.
Breaking the silence: Menstruation myths busted
Posted on 25 May, 2015 11:07 AM

Menstruation is probably one of the least talked about and ill-understood biological concepts. Despite being a natural physiological function of the female human body, similar to urination or defecation, the menstruation discourse is often shrouded by reticence.
Call for technical papers for the 6th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Posted on 18 May, 2015 06:43 PM

The theme for the 2016 South Asian Conference on Sanitation is 'Better sanitation, better life'
Facilitating social transformation: An NGO's experiment with communities and toilets
Posted on 01 May, 2015 08:43 PM

The mere presence of toilets does very little to change sanitation behaviour in the absence of community ownership and participation. A decade ago, this was more or less the story of Tiruchirapalli, one of the least hygienic cities in the country then.
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