Emanti Management (2022) SFD (Lite) Report – Amathole District Municipality Eastern Cape, South Africa

The Amathole District Municipality (ADM) is in the central part of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The Amathole DM covers 200 km of coastline of the Indian Ocean in the south to the Amathole Mountains in the north. The DM jurisdiction includes large parts of the previously disadvantaged Ciskei and Transkei homelands. The land of the DM is 21,229 square kilometres (km2) (Amathole District […]

Emanti and CSE India (2022) SFD (Lite) Report – Dalton/Coolair, uMshwati Local Municipality, uMgungundlovu District Municipality

The uMshwathi Local Municipality is the largest of the six smaller local municipalities in the uMgungundlovu District Municipality. The local municipality is in an area that was largely under the control of tribal authorities until very recently. There are towns, however, that were built by German immigrants some 150 years ago. The land area of uMshwati LM is approximately 1,866 square kilometres (km2) with a […]

UNICEF (2018) Menstrual Hygiene Management Of Adolescent School Girls And Nuns A Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Study in Bhutan

UNICEF (2021) Integrating Menstrual Health and hygiene in Jaffna Healthy City Project

For a wholistic approach of any project, the gender dimension should be included. The Jaffna Healthy City Project is also not an exception. The one out of three-sub pillars of Healthy City Project is WASH in Schools. In a gender inclusive perspective, WASH in Schools included Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH). There are 10 schools from Jaffna city included for Jaffna Healthy City project. Out […]

UNICEF (2021) Menstrual Hygiene Management For Community Health Workers (CHW)

Recent researches show that Afghan women and girls face many challenges in managing their menstrual cycle or menstruation. They do not have access to sufficient facilities and face discriminatory customs and traditions in the family and society. This issue has made it difficult for them to observe proper health conditions and cleanliness during menstruation. About 70 percent of girls do not take a bath during menstruation […]

World Bank (2019) Sanitation Workers: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Sanitation workers provide a fundamental public service. Yet they often face extreme health hazards and safety risks on the job. In many developing countries, they are informal workers with no legal protections or rights. With a lack of visibility in society, they can be stigmatized, marginalized and ignored. Here are the stories of five sanitation workers in their own words.

J. Kohlitz, J. Willetts, F. Mills, C. Leahy(ISF-UTS), with contributions from M. K. Adhikari, S. Islam, M. Perez Casas, S. Husain, and S. Ahmed (SNV). (2020) Urban Sanitation in Low income Communities: A manual for city governments in Bangladesh

This manual is written for local government authorities in Bangladesh, specifically the city corporations and paurashava. However, it contains content useful for other urban sanitation actors in Bangladesh and other low-and middle-income countries. The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance to local government in Bangladesh on supporting safely managed sanitation in low-income communities at the city, ward and community levels. The manual provides […]

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (0) A 0 Waste Event

India hosted the 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup tournament. The Government of Odisha was the official host for the tournament that was held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. During the World Cup tournament, about 16 countries participated thus, the city expected many visitors both national and international. It was time for the city administration to prepare the […]

G. Jahnsen (0) Improvements to Site Conditions in India (ISCI)

Business and development organisations have a common interest in shaping social, environmental and economic conditions that promote development in developing countries and emerging economies. For this, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) established the develoPPP.de programme in collaboration with Hoermann KG that supports cooperation between the private sector and development organizations for their mutual benefit.

 (2022) Report of the National WASH Conclave 2022

This is the report of the National WASH Conclave 2022 held virtually from 23 to 25 February 2022. It starts with a call to action and goes on to provide details of the sessions.

Global MHH Monitoring Group (2022) Priority List of Indicators for Girls’ Menstrual Health and Hygiene: TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FOR NATIONAL MONITORING

There is growing global recognition of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) as an important health, education, rights, and gender equality issue. As efforts to support MHH gain momentum globally, the lack of adequate validated indicators with related measures is a critical barrier to progress. At national level, the absence of standardized indicators and related measures limits understanding MHH circumstances across populations and over time. It […]

Nitya Jacob and Aditya Bhuyan (2022) Synthesis Document on the thematic discussion on building a decision tree for rural FSM

Faecal sludge management in rural areas is a fast emerging as a challenge as most toilets are single pits or containment tanks. The FSM chain, from containment and collection through transportation and treatment followed by safe reuse is very new and tenuous. While SBM II guidelines provide limited approaches, it was felt that a decision-support mechanism was needed. This thematic discussion elicited help on such […]

Harford-Cross, T. (2022) RapidPro Surveys Support - Accountability to Affected Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Fiji

During COVID-19 in Fiji, UNICEF in conjunction with the Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MoHMS) distributed WASH kits to a target population of those in home isolation. During any emergency response, UNICEF has a core commitment to ensure accountability to affected population (AAP), and feedback was sought from recipients on the kit’s suitability and acceptability. However, data collection was limited by national social distancing regulations and limited […]

UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (2022) WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE ANNUAL RESULTS REPORT 2021

This report presents the results achieved through UNICEF’s support to WASH in 2021 in all countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Because 2021 was the final year of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018–2021, the report also summarizes the cumulative WASH results over that period. The report also offers a look into the WASH programme in 2022 – 2025 and what the future of […]

CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2022) SFD Lite Report - Bogra Municipality Bangladesh

Bogra is a city and the district headquarters of Bogra District in the division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Bogra is a fast-growing city, which is 196 km away from Dhaka, the capital of the country. It is beside the Karatoa River and well connected with roads and railways. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent. It was declared a municipality in 1876 and […]

CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2022) SFD Lite Report - Chapai Nawabganj Municipality Bangladesh

Chapai Nawabganj is a city and the district headquarters of Chapai Nawabganj District in the division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is located in the north-western part of Bangladesh. Chapai Nawabganj is a fast-growing city, which is 297 km away from Dhaka, the capital of the country. It is beside the Mohananda River and it is well connected with roads and railways. It is one of […]

CWIS-FSM Support Cell (2021) SFD Lite Report - Narayanganj City Corporation Bangladesh

Narayanganj City Corporation, established in 2011, is one of the 8 city corporations of Bangladesh. It was formed comprising Narayanganj Town, Siddhirganj Municipal area, and Kadamrasul Municipality. It consists of 27 wards. Before its establishment as a city corporation, it was a municipal corporation. The Narayanganj Municipality was incorporated on 8 September 1876. Narayanganj, a city in central Bangladesh, is the district headquarter of Narayanganj. […]

CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2022) SFD Lite Report - Chuadanga Municipality Bangladesh

Chuadanga is a prosperous city in the western part of Bangladesh. This is a municipality town and district headquarters of Chuadanga District in Khulna, Bangladesh. Chuadanga was the first capital of Bangladesh. In 1862, the first railway station in Bangladesh was established in Chuadanga city. The city is 211.5 km away from the west of the capital city, Dhaka. It is beside the Mathavanga River […]

CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2022) SFD Lite Report - Sylhet City Corporation Bangladesh

Sylhet city, the district headquarter as well as the divisional headquarter of the Sylhet division, is situated in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is 241 km away from the capital city Dhaka. The city is located on the banks of Surma River. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent. Sylhet was updated to a city corporation from a municipal board in 2002. Sylhet is […]

CWIS-FSM Support Cell, DPHE (2022) SFD Lite Report - Noakhali Municipality Bangladesh

Noakhali municipality, the district headquarter of Noakhali district is situated in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. It is located 198.4 km south of the capital Dhaka. It is beside the river Dakatia River and Meghna River and it is well connected with road, water, and railways. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent and was established as Municipality in 1876. The town was declared […]