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Women feriwalas at the forefront of inclusive WASH in Bangladesh
Posted on Wednesday, March 08, 2023 11:42 AM
In Bangladesh, World Vision has been helping women gain independence by strengthening local sanitation enterprises and supporting feriwala (peddlers) to sell menstrual health...

In Timor-Leste WASH in schools is supporting menstrual health in and out of the classroom
Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2022 02:54 PM
Boys and girls learning about menstrual health and hygiene as part of WaterAid Australia's WASH in Schools program in Timor-Leste (WaterAid Timor-Leste)
Menstrual...

A chance meeting helped Hamida become a menstrual health and hygiene advocate
Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2022 02:23 PM
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...

Changing attitudes and norms through WASH in Papua New Guinean schools
Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2022 01:50 PM
“As a student boy, I help inform boys not to tease girls, but to respect them as menstruation is natural. Through menstruation, we are all born.” A male student expresses...
From classroom to community: Solomon Islands students drive WASH improvements
Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 01:15 PM
Schools are at the heart of efforts to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in rural Solomon Islands.
In western Guadalcanal province, some 6,000 students are actively...
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