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2021 01 September

Malawi: Chingondo irrigation scheme back to life after more than a year

After being idle for more than a year, farmers from the Ngabu Traditional Authority in Nsanje district are happy to be cultivating Chingondo Irrigation Scheme again. Differences in rentals between their irrigation agreement and surrounding irrigation arrangements resulted in dispute, which, through key stakeholder negotiations...

2020 28 May

World leaders’ Call to Action on WASH & COVID-19

David Martin | COVID19 Global initiatives SUN Movement Coordinator WASH SUN Civil Society Network, SUN UN Network 0

* Originally publishes by Sanitation and Water For All Heads of State, Government, and leaders from United Nations agencies, International Financial Institutions, civil society, private sector and research and learning are mobilizing around a call for the prioritization of water, sanitation and hygiene in the response...

2019 25 October

World Food Day: Celebrating the link between nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene

Barbara Rehbinder | Multi-stakeholder planning SUN Movement Coordinator WASH Blogs 0

By Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary General and Coordinator, SUN Movement and Catarina Albuquerque, first UN Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation and SWA Chief Executive Officer The connection between kitchen and toilet might be an unsavory one, but it is actually a...

2019 15 July

Voice from the ground: what is the value added by the SUN Movement?

Barbara Rehbinder | Advocacy Multi-stakeholder planning WASH SUN Civil Society Network 0

Interview with Faniry Hantarinivo, Manager of the Advocacy Department at Action Against Hunger, and National Vice-President of the Madagascar civil society platform for the SUN Movement, Hina What is the role of the civil society platform for the SUN Movement in Madagascar? The missionof Hina, Madagascar’s civil...

2019 08 April

SWA sector ministers’ meeting, an agreement on decisive actions to end inequalities in access to water and sanitation

David Martin | SUN Movement Coordinator Sustainability WASH SUN Civil Society Network, SUN UN Network 0

Over 50 ministers came together to agree on joint action towards achieving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene at the two-day SWA 2019 Sector Ministers’ Meeting. These discussions among ministers and their development partners mark a breakthrough in the global approach to the governance,...

2019 10 February

Integrating nutrition with water, sanitation and hygiene in Cambodia

David Martin | Global initiatives WASH SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Written by Channa Samol Dan Jones and James Wicken and originally published in WaterAid In Cambodia, interest in integrating nutrition with water, sanitation and hygiene is booming. So what are the opportunities for doing more, and tipping the scales on malnutrition rates? Channa Samol, Dan Jones...

2017 08 September

Nutrition meets WASH at Stockholm World Water Week 2017

Thuy | partner WASH SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

From 27 August to 1 September 2017, thousands gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related issues. As part of our partnership with Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Partnership, we collaborated for the second...

2017 08 September

New report reveals the status of integration between WASH and nutrition policies

Thuy | Multi-stakeholder planning WASH SUN Civil Society Network 0

In August 2017, Action Against Hunger, SHARE and WaterAid launched a new report which ascertains that the integration of action on nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is fundamental to the recipe for success. By analysing the approaches governments and donors are taking, the...

2017 16 May

2017 GLAAS report identifies that water, sanitation and hygiene funding is insufficient to meet national targets in 80% of countries

Thuy | WASH SUN Donor Network 0

On 12 April 2017, a new report was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water – the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater-related issues, including sanitation. According to the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)...

2017 04 April

2017 World Water Day focuses on wastewater and sets the scene for two new publications

Thuy | Community Equality WASH SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

On 22 March 2017, World Water Day was celebrated to encourage action to tackle the water crisis under the theme "Why Wastewater?" to focus on water use reduction and reuse....