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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are crucial building blocks for development—WASH interventions improve health outcomes, advance education, and reduce poverty and malnutrition. InterAction seeks to improve policies related to WASH in order to increase access to these services around the globe.

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Global Development

Key Takeaways from the First U.N. Water Conference in 46 Years

Last month, thousands of attendees from governments, the private sector, and nonprofits convened at the first U.N. Water Conference since 1977. Participants voiced concerns about…

Elizabeth Marcey

Apr 12, 2023

Global Development

The U.N. Water Conference and a Collective Call to Action

Two billion people lack safely managed drinking water, 3.6 billion people—nearly half the world’s population—lack safely managed sanitation, and 2.3 billion people do not have…

Kelly Parsons

Mar 21, 2023

Crises & Countries in Conflict

Periods Don’t Stop When Disasters Occur

The recent flooding in Pakistan was unprecedented—affecting 6.4 million people and damaging or destroying over 1,400 health facilities in the Balochistan and Sindh…

Hifzah Malik

Nov 1, 2022

Global Development

World Water Week Opens Amidst World Water Woes

Water, water every where, Nor any drop to drink. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner…

Chris Askew-Merwin

Aug 29, 2022

Global Development

Gender Equality and WASH: Empowering Women and Girls Through Access and Agency

The connection between gender and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) management is undeniable, yet this intersectionality remains poorly accounted for in measurement and program implementation.

Alisia Simmons

Aug 29, 2022

Global Development

Children and Youth Inclusion in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Management

“When wells dry-up, children are the ones missing school to fetch water. When droughts diminish food supplies, children suffer from malnutrition and stunting. When…

Alisia Simmons

Aug 29, 2022

Crises & Countries in Conflict

Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

Africa remains disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change despite producing only 2–3% of the world’s global emissions. The intensity and…

Ajirioghene Uzere

Aug 29, 2022

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Chris Askew-Merwin

Policy and Advocacy Coordinator

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Updates

Key Takeaways from the First U.N. Water Conference in 46 Years

The U.N. Water Conference and a Collective Call to Action

Periods Don’t Stop When Disasters Occur

World Water Week Opens Amidst World Water Woes

Gender Equality and WASH: Empowering Women and Girls Through Access and Agency

Children and Youth Inclusion in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Management

Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

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