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Indonesia: ADB extends US$ 35 million for sanitation improvement in Medan and...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a US$ 35 million loan to help Indonesia rehabilitate and expand sanitation facilities in the cities of Medan and Yogyakarta. Medan, the capital of North...
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Afghanistan, Ghazni: female meter reader raises water revenues
Hiring a female meter reader in a USAID-funded project in Afghanistan, resulted in 75 per cent increase in collected revenue in the first month. In the local cultural context, only a woman can access...
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India, Tamil Nadu: housing and toilets for women self-help groups
Photo: IVDP An Indian NGO that provides housing and toilets for women’s groups was a finalist in the 2010 World Habitat Awards. Established in 1979, the Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP)...
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India, Andhra Pradesh: “All for a pail of water”
Photo: G.N.Rao, The Hindu Photo: G.N. Rao, The Hindu These extraordinary photos were published last year, March 2010, on International Women’s Day in The Hindu here and here . They show a group of...
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Vanuatu and Fiji: gender in WASH case studies
The outputs of the the project “Researching Gender Aspects of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Projects with Pacific Communities” (2009-2011) have been published on genderinpacificwash.info The study...
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India, Andhra Pradesh: Why families choose toilets – to protect older parents...
Why do families build toilets? If the family tradition for many generations has been to defecate in the open – using local woods or accepted sites, then what is the incentive to make a break and opt...
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India, Delhi: how sexual violence against women is linked to water and...
Girls under ten being have been raped while on their way to use a public toilet, say women living in Delhi’s slums. In one slum, boys hid in toilet cubicles at night waiting to rape those who entered....
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India census: more people have a mobile phone than a household toilet
Nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the country’s latest census data. Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have...
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India: bride awarded US$ 10,000 for demanding toilet after marriage
Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh presents the Sulabh Sanitation Award to Anita Bai Narre. Photo: V. Sudershan / The Hindu A young woman who sparked a “sanitation revolution” in her...
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India, Bihar: rapes ’caused by lack of toilets’
Map showing frequency & severity of violence againstwomen in Bhalswa slum, Delhi. Shirley Lennon/SHARE. The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual...
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