The human right to water and water quality are two focus areas for Watershed in Mali says Mrs Traoré Afou Chantal Bengaly in an interview. Read more...
This is the 2nd of four webinars organised by End Water Poverty during the March 2017 Water Action Month. For the full list of webinars see the Water Action Month programme overview . IRC is a member of the End Water Poverty Steering Committee . Read more...
What would happen if we outlawed and started to punish open air defecation in Burkina Faso? Read more...
Bobo-Dioulasso - Lundi 17 Octobre 2016 - Célébration de la Journée Mondiale du Refus de la Misère Read more...
The answer lies in four strategic changes in water sector governance. Read more...
Human development and human rights' approaches can benefit each other mutually to improve international and local monitoring systems for water,... Read more...
A summary of key events, issues and trends affecting civil society around the world. The overarching theme is exclusion and civil society. Read more...
Access to water and sanitation is a basic human right. No one, whatever their circumstances, should be forced to live in conditions where these services are not made available. And yet this is the case for many inmates in overcrowded prisons around the world. Read more...
How the water sector loses billions annually, and other shocking conclusions on corruption and malpractices. Read more...
IRC is among 37 NGOs calling on UN Member States to take concrete steps to fully realise the rights to water and sanitation. Read more...
This fact sheet explains why institutional water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) should be part of the post-2015 development agenda. It includes... Read more...
Stronger advocacy is needed for better water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools, health centres, workplaces and prisons. Read more...
A growing number of companies promise safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all their employees. Read more...
This publication includes a set of guiding principles and a pledge that will support companies to secure appropriate access to safe water, sanitation... Read more...
These guidelines complement the ICRC handbook "Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Habitat in Prisons" by providing additional information and enhanced... Read more...
This handbook presents a summary of the expertise that engineers of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have acquired regarding... Read more...
For Ugandan prisons, investing in WASH means investing in hygiene behaviour change. Read more...
Did you know poverty is both a cause and a consequence of disability? 1 in 5 of poor people in developing countries are disabled. They often lack basic services, including accessible sanitation. At IRC we believe this needs to change. Read more...
In this blog, I explain the process behind my research on human rights in Burkina Faso's water and sanitation sector. The resulting research report focuses on how the integration of sanitation as a human right in national policies and strategies can improve access to sanitation in rural areas, in... Read more...
Pour améliorer l'accès des femmes à l'assainissement en milieu rural au Burkina Faso Read more...