This issue of the WASHplus Weekly focuses on menstrual hygiene management (MHM). MHM is a neglected topic that has far-reaching implications for health, education, and gender. A WaterAid publication states, “MHM is fundamental to the dignity of women and girls and an integral part of basic sanitation and hygiene services for which every woman and girl has a right.” 

WASHplus is working closely with other…

This publication provides a thorough overview of what knowledge translation (KT) is and how to use it most effectively to bridge the “know–do” gap between research, policy, practice, and people. It presents the theories, tools, and strategies required to encourage and enable evidence-informed decision-making.

This toolkit builds upon extensive research into the principles and skills of KT: its theory and literature, its evolution, strategies, and challenges. The book covers an array…

This issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains resources that discuss the health and other impacts of carrying water. Women and children are the most common water carriers. According to the USAID Global Waters newsletter, “On average, women and girls in developing countries walk 6 kilometers (approximately 3.5 miles) a day, carrying 20 liters (approximately 42 pounds/20 kgs) of water.” A recent study determined that people living farther away from their water source were at a…

IDRC recommends a few manuals and tools for researchers that can be found in their website. They include:

• The Communication division provides a toolkit for researchers to help employees at IDRC as well as its partners better achieve their communication…

Rural Water Supply Network http://www.rwsn.ch

A Word from the Chair

It’s all systems ‘go’ in RWSN right now. Final preparations are under way for the global Forum in Kampala at the end of November – the first since the 2006 RWSN Forum in Accra. Meanwhile planning is taking place for our participation in the World Water Forum in Marseille…

This WASHplus Weekly contains 2010 and 2011 resources about water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues in disaster or emergency situations.  Please contact WASHplus if you have new or upcoming resources to add to this for future issues. Some of the resources in this Weekly include updates of WHO technical notes for WASH in emergencies, the 2011 SPHERE manual on WASH standards, links to USAID and other relevant websites.…

WaSH Network of Sierra Leone is a composition of civil society organisations (CSOs) representing various constituencies in Sierra Leone, with an Executive Committee of seven (7) organizations on the understanding that:

 

•    The UN Resolution on water and sanitation as human rights is a key global framework for collective action on advocating and taking actions on behalf of those communities and people with less/no access to adequate safe water and sanitation as a critical…