by Polly Markandya | Mar 19, 2018 | News
Urbanisation is not just about the world’s megacities like Manila, or Dhaka, or the thousands of towns that are now turning into major cities. It’s also about the communities that are turning into towns but still have the infrastructure of a small village. The...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 8, 2018 | News
This International Women’s Day, WSUP is profiling three women leaders who are improving water and sanitation services in urban areas in their countries. Read on to find out more about the role that these three women are playing in delivering better services, and...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 7, 2018
Zaituni Kanenje is a woman making a difference in the growing lakeside town of Nakuru, Kenya. As Manager for the Low-Income Customer Services department of NAWASSCO, the utility for the town, Zaituni focuses on extending WASH services into the poorer communities. And...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 7, 2018
“Working in a utility dominated by men has been challenging but exciting,” says Yvonne Siyeni, Manager for the Peri-urban department at Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC). Yvonne, a leader in the utility which supplies the city of Lusaka with water and...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 7, 2018 | News
Poor sanitation in the peri-urban areas of Maputo, Mozambique, has a disproportionate impact on the lives of women. But women are also playing a key role in tackling the challenge. “We had a precarious latrine that over the course of time became damaged, and collapsed...
