Quicksand (WaSH)

Here is one of our community #sanitation facilities in #Bhubaneswar! Some final work to be done; will open soon! #WaSH #India #innovation

"It is essential to change the perspective of how we look at waste, who we think is responsible to clean up the waste that we produce, and how we look at the workers who are entrusted to clean public and personal waste." bit.ly/2AseFfL #sanitation #India

A study that analysed nearly 8,000 women in #India who gave birth between 2004 & 2005, 2011 & 2012 has pointed out that there is a strong association between adverse birth outcomes and #sanitation access, gender-based harassment and physical labour. bit.ly/2DKbCCD

"The contest to find the prettiest lavatory was held by a city in northern #India to bring better #sanitation to some of the poorest people on earth." bit.ly/2PPapkM

“Interest [in #sanitation] doesn’t seem to be waning, but … we need to make sure gains made now are institutionalized in ways that are sustainable.” bit.ly/2zx4Yx1 #India #sustainability #WaSH

If the goal is to improve global public #health through #sanitation, research findings suggest looking not just at achieving universal toilet access but also paying more attention and resources to efforts to encourage their use. wapo.st/2FJ4bi2

The #sanitation space in #India will not only benefit from the funds of private players but also from their expertise in designing scalable solutions in a customer-centric yet cost-effective manner bit.ly/2PLr6Of #design #innovation

"Thanks to the #SwachhBharatMission, the #sanitation economy in #India is set to double to an estimated amount of US $62 billion by 2021" bit.ly/2A8HLk5

"We need to talk about #toilets and #sanitation more during our discourses on #climatechange. After all, everyone needs the toilet." bit.ly/2qXThuB

“Given the unmet need of 2.3 billion people still without basic #sanitation, there is a potentially very substantial market and economic gain to be had.” bloom.bg/2qyFcDz

'“When a woman or a young girl has to go outside, she feels ashamed,” says Devi, who’s persuaded more than 200 of her neighbors to install their own latrines. “People would come to my house just to see the toilet—mostly women & girls.”' bloom.bg/2PEk3WE #India #sanitation

"That a large section of #India’s population — both rural and urban — is forced to defecate in the open because of the lack of basic #sanitation facilities, is a fact, which has become so obvious, that we have become inured to it." bit.ly/2RmNXfe

As many as 50% of teenage Indian girls are underweight, 52% are anaemic, about 39% still defecate in the open and about 46% do not use hygienic methods of menstrual protection. bit.ly/2StSWMK #India #sanitation #MHM

"Manual scavenging has been prohibited by law. Yet, it remains unchecked. There is also a distinct lack of effort to make this objectionable occupation safe and dignified. This is the net result of institutional indifference." bit.ly/2qdSyok #India #sanitation

#Water scarcity, harassment, lack of #toilets – a new study has identified some of these factors as reasons for pre-term births in #India. bit.ly/2O6It6k #sanitation

The lack of #water & #sanitation in the home forces women to navigate challenging social & environmental public conditions to collect water and to find a safe, private place to defecate, bathe, or manage #menstruation, leading to psychosocial stress bit.ly/2yvoJEu #India

It is estimated that 163 million Indians still don’t have access to clean, running #water. Until that’s fixed, this significant national problem will prevail, with women paying the biggest price. bit.ly/2yr07gg #India #WaSH

Leading by example: Sachin emphasized the importance of #sanitation, stating how he follows the same within his family by reminding his two children to wash their hands after meals as it fosters safety and protection against deadly diseases. bit.ly/2CxmPGc .@sachin_rt

"Collecting #water is an irksome journey...But it can be a dangerous one, too. Women may risk physical attack, for example, or abuse. The situation is made worse by the lack of adequate #sanitation facilities both at home and en route to the water source." bit.ly/2CSxGeY

"It is time the government realised that women are being penalised and kept away from the workplace – not due to a lack of ability or interest, but due to lack of suitable sanitary infrastructure." bit.ly/2ClVjvb #India #sanitation

"[#India's] attempts to address the #sanitation challenge go back to pre-independence days when Mahatma Gandhi called upon fellow Indians to view sanitation through the lens of national pride." bit.ly/2yKBKtk #SwachhBharat