WASH Works
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this new podcast, Devex reporters Rebecca Root and Amruta Byatnal explore how a lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene, or WASH, might impact progress on the broader sustainable development agenda. WASH Works taps into global perspectives and recommendations for changes, as well as taking a look at what local initiatives are tackling WASH challenges on the ground.
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Episodes
Where's the WASH in education?
January 13, 2022 11:45 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBBefore the pandemic, 37% of schools didn’t have a decent toilet. What impact does that have on education? In this final episode of the series, Amruta and Rebecca speak to Ada Oko-Williams, senior WASH manager of sanitation at WaterAid and co-founder of the African Women Sanitation Professionals Network and googo, chief of research, evaluation, and monitoring at the Development Organisation of the Rural Poor, about the intersection of WASH and education and what actions can be taken to push fo...
WASH at the heart of peace and war
December 13, 2021 12:08 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBLimited access to water, sanitation, and hygiene, or WASH, can cause conflict in certain parts of the world and WASH facilities can become casualties in disputes. But WASH also has a role to play in peacekeeping, according to experts Kelly Ann Naylor, associate director of WASH at UNICEF, and Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director of EcoPeace Middle East, who join Amruta and Rebecca in this episode.
WASH as a solution to climate change
November 11, 2021 13:30 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBWith COP 26 in full swing, Rebecca and Amruta explore how water, sanitation and hygiene are affected by climate change – and could also help provide a solution. Sanitation and Water for All's Catarina de Albuquerque, Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh, and Aishwarya Pramod, accelerator and investment manager at the Toilet Board Coalition share their views about the intersection of WASH and climate and what actions can be taken...
Water and sanitation as a solution to climate change
November 11, 2021 13:30 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBWith COP 26 in full swing, Rebecca and Amruta explore how water, sanitation and hygiene are affected by climate change – and could also help provide a solution. Sanitation and Water for All's Catarina de Albuquerque, Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh, and Aishwarya Pramod, accelerator and investment manager at the Toilet Board Coalition share their views about the intersection of WASH and climate and what actions can be taken...
Water & sanitation as a solution to climate change
November 11, 2021 13:30 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBWith COP 26 in full swing, Rebecca and Amruta explore how water, sanitation and hygiene are affected by climate change – and could also help provide a solution. Sanitation and Water for All's Catarina de Albuquerque, Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh, and Aishwarya Pramod, accelerator and investment manager at the Toilet Board Coalition share their views about the intersection of WASH and climate and what actions can be taken...
What lack of water and hygiene can mean for health
October 29, 2021 12:04 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MB“Can you imagine labor and delivery without water?” That’s the reality for many women in rural Ethiopia, according to Migs Muldrow, founder and board chair of Village Health Partnerships. Without it, patients can’t use the toilet and health care workers can’t wash their hands after procedures, Nkwan Jacob Gobte, a WASH infection prevention and control nurse working with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, said. In episode 2 of WASH Works, Rebecca and Amruta look at the interse...
Why women and girls lose the most in the absence of WASH
October 15, 2021 09:37 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBWhen it comes to poor access to water and decent sanitation, the repercussions are often disproportionately felt by women. For example, a lack of adequate facilities in schools might mean girls having to stay at home during their menstruation, impacting their ability to learn; collecting water instead of working can limit their opportunities to earn a living, and using a toilet without a lock can leave them open to gender-based violence. To kick off the WASH Works series, Rebecca speaks to B...
Introducing WASH Works
October 13, 2021 15:37 - 1 minute - 1.55 MBAround the world, millions of people lack access to clean and safe drinking water, toilets, and handwashing facilities. In a new podcast from Devex, reporters Rebecca Root and Amruta Byatnal take a look at how a lack of water, sanitation and hygiene, or WASH, services is impacting communities, and the small scale solutions that can help us better understand how to make progress on a larger scale.