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Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector
Floods in Bihar: Helping government fight embankment breach
Posted on 08 Jul, 2020 10:01 PMEvery year, incessant rainfall during the monsoon causes floods in the state, with North Bihar being the worst affected.
![Ways in which the government can be informed about the embankment breach in your area (Image source: Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Twitter handle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_hellowrd_0.jpg?itok=LZfDPz22)
Surviving in uncertainty
Posted on 08 Jul, 2020 07:33 PMUncertainty - the pervasive feeling that all of us have been living with from the middle of March 2020. It's the same in our partner villages in Odisha and Jharkhand. Communities we work with have been facing and overcoming uncertainties all through their lives. But this time, the crisis has put unusual stress on their abilities to cope.
![Image: Ajaya Behera](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/akb_6198_credit_ajaya_behera.jpg?itok=3nFnAido)
Dharavi: From a dreaded hotspot to a model to be emulated
Posted on 02 Jul, 2020 10:10 AMWhen the first positive case of Covid-19 was reported from Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, known for its narrow lanes and compact housing, a sense of panic gripped the nation. And the fear and panic were not unreasonable given the extraordinary characteristics of this slum.
![Located between Mumbai's two main suburban rail lines, Dharavi provides an affordable option to those who move to Mumbai to earn a living (Image: Deepti KC and Mudita Tiwari; CC BY-SA 2.0, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dharavi1.jpg?itok=6UpkmrBL)
Catering to the aspirations of frontline workers to ensure water security for rural India
Posted on 01 Jul, 2020 06:26 PMThe Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to create jobs locally. This intersects with the water sector's need for local management. How do we create meaningful opportunities to address the aspirations of the local talent pool and make them discoverable?
![There is a significant demand for skilled human resources in the water sector (Image: Neil Palmer, IWMI Flickr Photos; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-quality-testing-ganges.jpg?itok=Aiqvu1Ep)
Digital tools to tackle water scarcity
Posted on 30 Jun, 2020 08:57 AMIndia has the highest population of any country in the world without access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. According to WaterAid and the World Health Organisation (WHO), 163 million people still lack access to safe water and millions still defecate in the open.
![About 200,000 people die each year in India from diseases related to unclean water (Image: FRANK Water)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_basins1.jpg?itok=XlERiqmG)
NWP 2020: How is India’s youth reimagining its water future?
Posted on 29 Jun, 2020 03:23 PMWater, for India, has profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of our citizens; perhaps more so, considering how intertwined it is with various facets of our life, be they social, economic, gender-based, political, or even religious.
![IYWN pushes for water equity and sustainability in NWP 2020 (Image: Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking-water_0.jpg?itok=i2nBSGA_)
Boosting rural livelihoods using agriculture and MGNREGA amidst Covid-19
Posted on 28 Jun, 2020 10:13 AMAs the Covid-19 pandemic was leaving deep scars around the globe, it forced governments to take measures to protect citizens and ensure food security for its people. In India, initially, it looked as if the remote rural areas would skirt the pandemic.
![MGNREGA can play an important role in integration of migrant labour in the rural economy (Image: Ashutosh Nanda)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_2_0.jpg?itok=QoVfpQsd)
Flood threat looms amid Covid-19 in Bihar
Posted on 23 Jun, 2020 03:09 PMBihar’s annual floods are right around the corner and there is a fear that the flood hazard will collide with the Covid-19 pandemic and amplify it in a manner that emergency responses to both will get disrupted. The state’s strategy to mitigate the effects of flooding needs to be updated in light of the deadly pandemic.
![An aerial view of flood affected areas in Kosi river, Bihar on August 28, 2008 (Image: Publi.Resource.Org; Flickr Commons (CC BY 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bihar_floods_2.jpg?itok=6mJGI6sa)
Elected women leaders of gram panchayats: Critical roles in Covid-19 response
Posted on 17 Jun, 2020 01:33 PMRadha Devi, the sarpanch of Bhadsiya, Nagaur tehsil, Rajasthan dissuaded the principal of the government school from forcing girl students to fetch water for mid-day meal preparation during school hours and sent these girls back to their classrooms.
![Women are emerging as effective leaders who can play constructive roles in containing the Covid-19 spread (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vandana.jpg?itok=Vail2rub)