WASH and Climate Justice in South Asia
Access to water and decent sanitation service is a human right. However, its realisation has always been fraught with challenges which...
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Access to water and decent sanitation service is a human right. However, its realisation has always been fraught with challenges which...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Many countries in the global South declare regions to be open defecation free, but they must still address significant sanitation, wastewater, and faecal sludge management challenges. Climate uncertainty, water shortages, and weak infrastructure mean that ‘flush and forget’ systems are not always possible or desirable.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This briefing describes how art interventions can help people reimagine alternative sanitation futures. Drawing on research in Nepal, it describes how activities such as dance workshops, humanure planting, song competitions, and radio jingles can generate new knowledge about sanitation challenges and faecal sludge re-use, showing that ‘brown’ can be ‘gold’!
Funded through the GCRF Off-Grid Cities and Sustainable Energy call, “Towards Brown Gold” seeks to address the challenges of...
Nepal was declared open defecation free (ODF) in 2019 by former prime minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli. However, sanitation challenges...