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A smiling woman carries a basket full of menstrual health products on her head in Bangladesh

Women feriwalas at the forefront of inclusive WASH in Bangladesh

Posted on Wednesday, March 08, 2023 11:42 AM

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In Bangladesh, World Vision has been helping women gain independence by strengthening local sanitation enterprises and supporting feriwala (peddlers) to sell menstrual health...

Women and girls Menstrual health & hygiene Bangladesh World Vision Womens empowerment
A woman in Bangladesh stands outdoors with a mask on in her remote community. On her head she is carrying a basket full of menstrual health and hygiene products that she sells to households in her community.

A chance meeting helped Hamida become a menstrual health and hygiene advocate

Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2022 02:23 PM

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Attending a ward meeting of World Vision's Water for Women SHOMOTA project proved a turning point in Hamida Begum's life. Her physical disability had held her back...

Women and girls Hygiene & handwashing Menstrual health & hygiene Bangladesh World Vision Behaviour Change
Navy, 29, smiles from her wheelchair in Kampong Tralach Province in Cambodia

Behind the scenes: Researching disability-inclusive WASH in Cambodia

Posted on Friday, December 03, 2021 03:14 PM

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Navy, 29, from Kampong Tralach Province in Cambodia. (photo: WaterAid/Sokmeng You)

by Pharozin Pheng, WaterAid Cambodia Equity and Inclusion...

Disability inclusion Bangladesh LSHTM WaterAid Cambodia Leave no one behind Research Knowledge & learning
A woman with a disability is in a wheelchair, selling sanitary pads door to door to women in her community in Bangladesh

From a life in the shadows to a menstrual health and hygiene role model in her community

Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 10:49 AM

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Abeda sells sanitary products to a woman in her community (World Vision Bangladesh / Jobayer Hossain (Water for Women in Bangladesh)

 

Today, Abeda Begum,...

Women and girls Disability inclusion Menstrual health & hygiene Bangladesh World Vision Leave no one behind
A group of women stand outside in a village in Bangladesh, dressed colourfully

Strengthening gender equality and social inclusion through WASH in Bangladesh

Posted on Monday, March 08, 2021 01:15 PM

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In a COVID-19 and climate change-affected world, women’s access to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has never been more important. That is why Australia...

Women and girls Gender equality Social inclusion Bangladesh World Vision Knowledge & learning

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