Sanitation and Hygiene

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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)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Organisations/NGOs working in Water and Sanitation
A curated directory of civil society organisations working on water and sanitation in India
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 24 Jan, 2017 03:43 PM

This guide lists out the organisations/ NGOs in the Water and Sanitation sector, across the country. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information.
List of organisations in water & sanitation sector
WB funds for Swachh Bharat yet to be released
Posted on 17 Jan, 2017 01:07 PM

Swachh Bharat funds promised by the World Bank yet to be released 
Weather or not: Women workers need care in summer
There is a grave health concern around women manual workers who work under extreme conditions of heat with poor access to sanitary facilities. This needs urgent redressal at the policy level.
Vidhya Venugopal et al
Posted on 11 Jan, 2017 10:49 AM

In a tropical country like India, the summer months are hot which threaten the health of millions of people every year.
Women work under poor working conditions. (Source: Wkimedia Commons)
Job announcement for Zilla Swach Bharat Prerak
Tata Trusts intends to recruit motivated professionals as Zilla Swach Bharat Prerak (ZSBP) and depute them at district level.
Posted on 07 Jan, 2017 10:18 PM

The ZSBP is an initiative of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Saniation, Government of India (GoI) and Tata Trusts; to be implemented in collaboration with State Governments. The core focus of the programme is achieving Open Defecation Free (ODF) status of all villages and improving the lives of people in rural India.
Identifying WASH barriers
Policies that address the WASH need to acknowledge the presence of a glass curtain that curtails access to its appropriate gender and age-related services.
Reeba Devaraj
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 10:31 PM

As night falls, women in Chempakaraman beach on the Pulluvila coastal belt in Thiruvananthapuram step out of their safe abode and leave for the open fields. The barking of stray dogs send a chill down their spine but still, these women brave the odds and venture into the darkness as it is an urgency.
A coastal village with poor sanitation facilities in South India (Source: India Water Portal)
Stunting in India: The sanitation connect
India has the highest number of stunted children worldwide. Not just toilet numbers, but poor toilet use and hygiene behaviour too need urgent redressal at the policy level to reduce stunting.
Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 11:57 AM

On Children’s Day on November 14 this year, two organisations in Odisha--Shramajeebee Sangathan (SJS), Malkangiri and Jeebika Suraksha Mancha, Kandhamal--organised a massive padayatra (street walk) in villages as an awareness drive and to mobilise communities to curb m
Rally on nutrition awareness by Jeebika Suraksha Manch, Odisha (Source: Amir Khan)
Sanitation and the risk of sexual violence
A study finds increased risk of sexual violence among women who defecate in the open due to lack of proper sanitation facilities.
Apoorva Jadhav
Abigail Weitzman and Emily Smith-Greenaway
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:08 PM

While nearly half of the world’s population (42 percent) lacks access to improved sanitation conditions, India is the worst performer in sanitation coverage, even below those countries with half of the households (53 percent) not having access to toilets.
Lack of access to sanitation and the risk of sexual violence. (Source: India WASH Forum)
Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks to take Clean India Mission forward
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 10:48 AM

Every district in India to have 600 Zila Swachh Bharat Preraks soon to rid the country of open defecation
Mumbaikars can now rate cleanliness of public toilets
Posted on 11 Dec, 2016 09:21 PM

Rating machines to help users rate cleanliness and hygiene levels of public toilets in Mumbai
Voice systems to instruct passengers on bio-toilet use
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:42 AM

Southern Railway introduces voice system to instruct passengers on how to use bio-toilets
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