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 | Jan 25, 2018
Findings from the Maputo Sanitation (‘MapSan’) project in Mozambique This Policy Brief summarises the findings of a qualitative research study which looked at causes and levels of psychosocial stress among users of traditional shared latrines and...
by Polly Markandya | Mar 17, 2015
Women and girls living in the low-income communities of Dhaka lack the services and support required to practice safe menstrual hygiene. This Practice Note looks at a campaign that aimed to overcome the barriers to change.
by Polly Markandya | Mar 17, 2014
Women and girls suffer disproportionately from the effects of poor sanitation and lack of access to clean water. Through the example of establishing communal sanitation facilities in Maputo (Mozambique) and Naivasha (Kenya), this Practice Note illustrates how WASH...