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Women Lead: the value of women is infinite

Posted on Monday, March 08, 2021 08:11 AM

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The value of women is infinite – on International Women’s Day, we are celebrating women and girls as changemakers, innovators and leaders and their tremendous efforts around the...

Women and girls Climate resilience & adaptation Gender equality Towards transformation Leave no one behind Do No Harm Knowledge & learning
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Building Back Better: working towards a disability-inclusive, accessible & sustainable world

Posted on Thursday, December 03, 2020 10:53 AM

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People with disabilities have a clear vision for their future and for a world that includes them. A world where every person is able to live their life fully and equal - free...

COVID-19 response & recovery Disability inclusion Hygiene & handwashing Partnerships Social inclusion Systems strengthening Leave no one behind
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Shifting from the shadows of the ‘shadow pandemic’

Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 09:52 AM

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Before COVID-19, 1 in 3 women and girls experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, 1 in 4 adolescent girls across the Pacific and Timor-Leste, reported physical...

Men and boys Women and girls COVID-19 response & recovery Gender equality Do No Harm Gender Based Violence
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Verakoukou community celebrates no open defecation status on World Toilet Day

Posted on Monday, November 23, 2020 05:06 PM

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For Verakoukou Village in Sahalu ward Western Guadalcanal, 19 November marked an incredible achievement. On World Toilet Day, the community celebrated its No Open Defecation...

Climate resilience & adaptation Hygiene & handwashing Sanitation DFAT Plan International Solomon Islands Leave no one behind
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So what makes a toilet sustainable?

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2020 09:28 AM

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Today on World Toilet Day, we celebrate the role of safe, accessible toilets as a building block of healthy and resilient communities.

But today is not just about toilets, it is...

Innovation Safely managed WASH Sanitation Systems strengthening Leave no one behind Sustainability

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