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From Trash Barriers to ‘Sky Latrines’: Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Address WASH-Related Challenges in Cambodia’s Floating Villages
Cambodia faces a number of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)-related challenges — particularly in the floating villages and dense lakeside communities around the Mekong River. As Simon Crittle at iDE explains, these waterways are heavily contaminated, causing residents to suffer from waterborne diseases. He explores how iDE is addressing these issues by helping local community members create and monetize waste-management solutions — providing livelihoods for women entrepreneurs in the process.
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- Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology, WASH
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- hygiene, recycling, sanitation, waste, water, women entrepreneurs
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With the Exception of Egypt and Tunisia Other African Countries Will Not Achieve SDG6
The report notes that although Africa is making progress towards achieving the SDGs, the number of goals on track is lower than the number requiring acceleration or reversal.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- global development, hygiene, research, sanitation, SDGs, water
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Press Release: New Report from Essity Links Gender Equality to Global Health and Well-Being
This is one of several findings in Essity's Health and Hygiene Report 2023-2024, linking gender equality, care, and prevention to personal well-being and public progress, emphasizing the need for joint action to effect change.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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World Water Week: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Funding Drops by a Third Putting Lives at Risk, Warns WaterAid
WaterAid is calling on donor countries to close the gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Reckitt Nigeria Launches WASH Accelerator Programme With Seed Funding for Social Entrepreneurs
Dettol, Harpic, and Mortein manufacturer, Reckitt has launched the Fight for Access Accelerator, which offers social businesses who are tackling access to WASH with the chance to scale their solutions.
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- Social Enterprise, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- accelerators, hygiene, sanitation, scale, water
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Analysis: Menstrual Health And Hygiene Is Unaffordable For Poor Girls And Women In Latin America
According to a World Bank study, it is estimated that 500 million women lack access to menstrual products and adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management (MHM).
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- Health Care, WASH
- Region
- Latin America
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Press Release: DFC Announces Support for Energy and Health Projects in India
U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced two projects expanding its sustained commitment to investing in India’s private sector and deepening the economic ties between the two countries.
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- Energy, Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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USAID Funds $18 Million for Water and Sanitation in Two Counties in Liberia
Access to basic or improved water services for their residents will be enhanced through the design of water service delivery modules.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- hygiene, sanitation, water
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