- Realizing the Scoop on Poop in Ethiopia’s Lowland Regions Blog
In Ethiopia’s physically harsh and remote lowland regions, where 12 million pastoralists roam, access to sanitation remains low, ranging from between…
- The Global Handwashing Partnership: Leading the Way for Handwashing with Soap Action Blog
The Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP) envisions a world where everyone consistently and frequently washes their hands with clean water and soap.…
- Governance, Finance, Institutions, and Markets Topical Page
Alignment with the U.S. Global Water Strategy
This topic aligns with Strategic Objective 1 in the U.S. Global Water Strategy: Strengthen…
- #WeAreCommitted: Celebrating Women’s Empowerment on Menstrual Hygiene Day Blog
You want to keep your period a secret so that people do not discuss or gossip about you and people start looking at you funnily. — Textile…
- Social Network Analysis: Your Questions Answered Blog
This is the concluding blog in a series on Social Network Analysis in WASH. The other blogs in the series explore practices to help water maintenance…
- The State of Women and Water in Cotton Growing Communities in India Blog
Achieving gender equity in India is predicated on addressing the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs of females in the country. Predominantly…
- Supporting Safe Sanitation and Preventing Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan Blog
A women’s dialogue group gathers to discuss how they have been socialized into subordinate gender roles in Juba, South Sudan.
Photo credit: L.…
- Community Action to Overcome Menstrual Hygiene Taboos Blog
In a conservative society like South Sudan, menstruation is taboo. It is so taboo that mothers often do not discuss it with their daughters, and…
- Global Programs and Partnerships
USAID has a wide variety of global initiatives to increase the reliability and sustainability of water supply; improve hygiene and public health; and…
- Financing Africa’s Future with Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Blog
In my home country of Ghana, while 81% of people have access to at least basic drinking water services, only 18% have access to at least basic…