Sanitation

An African woman fills a large metal tub in front of her above another African woman's head using a water hose

Empowerment in water, sanitation and hygiene index

Journal article / A pilot study in Burkina Faso used the Empowerment in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Index (EWI), a survey-based index designed to measure agency and more.

12 September 2020 / About Participation, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Stakeholders in Asutifi North district, Ghana, organizing brainstormed concepts related to empowerment and WASH

‘They will listen to women who speak but it ends there’: examining empowerment in the context of water and sanitation interventions in Ghana

Journal article / This study explores the meanings of women's empowerment in the WASH sector from the perspective of local stakeholders in the Asutifi North District, Ghana.

20 September 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources

Women doing housework following successful cataract surgery, Burkina Faso

Women’s vulnerability to climate-related risks to household water security in Centre-East, Burkina Faso

Journal article / The findings show a need to consider how the development of 'climate resilient' water and sanitation services account for social drivers of vulnerability.

20 July 2020 / About Adaptation, Disaster risk, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources and Wellbeing

Women pump and collect water at a water pump provided by USAID, Ghana, 2012

Who does what and why? Examining intra-household water and sanitation decision-making and autonomy in Asutifi North, Ghana

Journal article / Better contextual understanding of the underlying gender dynamics is important for promoting women's empowerment in WASH decision-making.

15 June 2021 / About Sanitation and Water resources

Two people at a whiteboard writing in Spanish and English

Governance challenges and opportunities for implementing resource recovery from organic waste streams in urban areas of Latin America: insights from Chía, Colombia

Journal article / A case study shows enabling factors and governance barriers critical to implementing circular economy strategies for organic waste in urban areas.

25 November 2021 / About Public policy and Sanitation

African woman washing clothes in the yard next to the washing line were few blankets are drying

Quality of Government and Access to Clean Water and Sanitation: A New International Network and Research Agenda

Past event / Welcome to a virtual session on quality of government and access to clean water and sanitation, as part of the AfricaSan 6 conference.

24 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

Waste pipe or drainage polluting environment

Recovering resources from organic waste streams with the REVAMP tool

Feature / Explore your city or community's resource recovery potential of urban organic waste streams on the new web-based platform for SEI’s newly launched REVAMP tool.

19 November 2021 / About Business, Cities, Finance, Household energy, Innovation, Public policy, Renewables, Sanitation and Water resources

Large yellow sign indicating where toilets are located outside a building in Mexico City

Valuing access to toilets: a basic human right

Perspective / This World Toilet Day, we look at the impact of lack of access to toilets for people experiencing homelessness, especially in times of crises such as Covid-19.

19 November 2021 / About Cities, Public policy and Sanitation

Solar panels on a house roof in a Berber village in Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa

Perceived unknowns about gridless water, sanitation and energy services

SEI report / This SEI report outlines issues that stakeholders in water, sanitation and energy services believe are holding back uptake of promising gridless technologies.

18 November 2021 / About Business, Energy access, Household energy, Innovation, Renewables, Sanitation and Water resources