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Women from Dandi Kot village in Buner district, Pakistan, carrying water vessels on their heads

LIFE changing attitudes rural women at the centre of WASH decision making in Pakistan

Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 01:12 PM

Ms. Gulzari, a mother-of-three, would spend up to 10 hours a day fetching water for her family in northern Pakistan.

Like many other residents of Dandi Kot Village in the Buner...

An intellectually disabled woman sits with her mother and a Transformation Facilitator in a village in Pakistan, she is learning hw to manage her period safely and hygienically

Changing two lives at a time in Pakistan with tailored menstrual health and hygiene sessions

Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 12:06 PM

Rifat’s individually tailored session has helped her to manage her period on her own, with confidence (International Rescue Committee, Pakistan)


More than 800 million...

A disabled man in a rural village in Pakistan is sitting on his mobility device and smiling at the camera

Small steps create big change for Wazir and his family in Pakistan

Posted on Monday, March 15, 2021 04:32 PM

Sometimes it is small, simple steps that can have a big impact on the health and wellbeing of a family. When Wazir met the IRC team in village Krapa in Pakistan, they...

Woman stands in front of a group in a mask speaking inside a colorful room

One woman's push for change at a village in Pakistan

Posted on Friday, November 06, 2020 12:39 PM

With support from IRC, Ms Komariya is inspiring her community to improve their health and wellbeing through better sanitation by promoting safe and inclusive WASH...

Group of women sitting in rural village

Delivering Inclusive WASH services during COVID-19 and beyond!

Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 05:59 PM

An Inclusive WASH Jirga awareness session arranged by Transformation Facilitator in the village (IRC Pakistan)

In Pakistan, work has not stopped despite the challenges...

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