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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)
October 15, 2022
Evaluating WaSH conditions spatially at the panchayat level
Synthesis of water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) spatial pattern in rural India: an integrated interpretation of WaSH practices
People in rural areas lack potable water, and use unsafe sanitation and hygiene facilities (Image: Sebastian Dahl)
December 2, 2021
The loo loop
Public toilets and choice of work for women
Separation between women and men’s toilets (Image: Rajesh Pamnani; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
October 15, 2021
Hand hygiene, a public policy issue
Interventions to promote hand hygiene should be designed based on an understanding of what people care about, says report on ‘State of the world’s hand hygiene’
Girls learn the value of hand-washing (Image: Kristen Kelleher, USAID, Pixnio)
October 4, 2021
Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs
Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021
Billions lack access to WASH services
If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report
Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
Call for papers/contributions for the 'India WASH Summit', WaterAid India
The event will bring together hundreds of thought leaders and practitioners to discuss how to eliminate open defecation and ensure water for all in urban and rural India.
Posted on 16 Nov, 2014 07:12 PM

Background and Summit Agenda: 
India WASH Summit
Picturing CLTS- Photo Competition by Community-led Total Sanitation Knowledge Hub
Anyone who has some involvement with, experience of, or interest in community-led total sanitation can send images for the competition.
Posted on 16 Nov, 2014 05:10 PM

Know more about Picturing CLTS- Photo Competition

Get more information on Community-led Total Sanitation Knowledge Hub 
Toilets and social networks: Is there a connection?
Studies have shown links between social dynamics and behaviour change, especially with regard to toilet use. Intervention efforts should focus on communities, and not individuals.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 06 Nov, 2014 10:54 PM

Of late, there have been plenty of discussions around the topic of sanitation, which have focussed on building toilets on a massive scale. These are in the aftermath of the new and recently released Millennium Development Goals Report 2014 by the United Nations that shows that India has the world's largest population that defecates out in the open, with it being as high as 66% in rural India [1
Toilet use (Source: Sourabh Phadke)
It's not just about rape!
Women need toilets, not only to protect themselves from rape but to also preserve their dignity and health. Sanitation is a fundamental human right and not just temporary media hype.
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 05 Nov, 2014 11:17 AM

Nandatai and her 16 year old daughter Phula creep out of their houses quietly in the wee hours of the morning into the dark fields to relieve themselves before everyone wakes up. It is an everyday story as this is the only time in the day that they have privacy. “It is so shameful to go out in the fields during the day”, says Nandatai. “We have to hold our urine till it gets dark.
Women in rural areas (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AM

Pollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
River Ganges at Sangam in Allahabad
Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 03:09 PM

NGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel
Dumping ground on the banks of Deepor Beel
Applications invited to become a 'WASH Regional Innovation Partner', Results for Development (R4D)
R4D has announced a request for applications to become a Country or Regional Partner for a new center focused on scaling innovations in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.
Posted on 25 Oct, 2014 11:40 PM

Project Summary:

In order to support innovative WASH services and help them scale, the project will employ a three-pronged approach:

Identify: Provide comprehensive, up-to-date information about programs with the potential to improve the way education systems operate for the poor.
Factors affecting toilet adoption in rural India
Men prefer to defecate in the open more than women, latrines are considered a luxury item and open defecation isn't considered a threat to health, finds a study done in rural North India.
Kathleen O Reilly et al
Coffey Diane et al
Posted on 20 Oct, 2014 05:58 PM

Since the rebranding of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan to the Swach Bharat Mission, newspapers have been flooded with articles and discussions on the need to improve the sanitation scenario in India.
Rural toilet (Source: Saurabh Phadke)
Swachh Bharat Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 11:09 PM

PM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign
Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: Economic Times)
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 09:54 PM

Centre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission
A toilet constructed under Parishudh initiative
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