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September 26, 2022
Dirty drains 'drain' health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
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)
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)
May 11, 2021
Bathing spaces for women - crucial for WASH!
Bathing spaces and not toilets alone, aid women in maintaining health and hygiene. It is time the Swachh Bharat Mission pays attention to bathing spaces as well!
A temperory bathing space with no water and privacy in a fishing village in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: India Water Portal)
December 20, 2020
Putting faecal sludge management on track
The cost and revenue projections for both on-demand and scheduled desludging scenarios were elaborated upon in the faecal sludge management plan for Dhen­kanal Municipality.
Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant at Dhenkanal, Odisha
December 18, 2020
Faecal sludge management policy environment for small towns: Taking a wider view
Project Nirmal helped Odisha to become a front runner among states with a comprehensive policy framework on faecal sludge management.
Odisha is trying to fa­cilitate adoption of FSM by Urban Local Bodies so that sewage, septage/ faecal sludge, and liquid waste is safely managed, treated, and dis­posed. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)
A collection of short films on Ecosan
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

A quick introduction to Ecosan

Eco-san in a city
Improving water and sanitation in the Northeastern states
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

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Excerpt from CSEs latest film on the rich mans excreta and poor mans water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

To quote : "CSE's latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and p
Documents released by Water Aid on the occasion of World Toilet Day
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

Two useful documents from Water Aid (www.wateraid.org) released on the occasion of World Toilet Day.
UNDP posters on water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

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EcoSanitation resources compiled by Solutions Exchange
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

Solutions Exchange recently compiled its discussion on "Use of Human Excreta for Agriculture" , closely related to the concept of Eco-Sanitation.
Visit to two villages in Chhattisgarh that have been awarded Nirmal Gram Puraskar
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:29 AM

Just back from a trip home (Chhattisgarh).
Thank your toilets on World Toilet Day!
The theme of World Toilet Day this year is 'Equality, dignity and the link between gender-based violence and sanitation', all things that should hit us hard in India.
Rekha Raghunathan
Posted on 17 Nov, 2014 12:44 PM

Have you ever complained about a toilet anywhere? Not so clean, not so dry, not so nice-smelling, not so something else? On November 19th 2014 and possibly every other day this year and forever after, thank your stars that you have one because 2.5 billion people in the world don't!
World Toilet Day, 19 Nov 2014
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)
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