“If you ask who emptied the pit, no one will show their hands”
The second day of the Sanitation Workers Forum explored intersectionality, the challenges of COVID-19, occupational health and safety, and sanitation worker representation.
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“Exploiting sanitation workers is a form of modern slavery”
A recognition of manual scavenging as a form of modern slavery, representation of the different individuals involved in sanitation in different contexts and a reflection on the history of sanitation work are key learnings to take forward.
New journal paper: The hidden WASH needs of perimenopausal women
Our new paper in the Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, The hidden WASH needs of perimenopausal women, reveals the experiences of women in Ghana who are at the time when their periods will permanently stop, at the menopause, taking a journey through a stage called the perimenopause.
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Call for contributions: Sanitation Workers Forum 2021
Between 22nd-26th November 2021, the first Sanitation Workers’ Forum will be held entirely online
Efficiency for Access talks to Amita Bhakta about inequalities and opportunities in the clean energy sector
By Eleanor Wagner, Marketing Communications Executive, Energy Saving Trust, Co-Secretariat of the Efficiency for Access Coalition This interview was conducted with Amita Bhakta for Efficiency for Access, a global coalition to accelerate clean energy access through high-performing appliances, and originally […]
Ethics vs. Ethical Approvals in Humanitarian Research
This blog originally appeared on the Elrha website and the original post can be accessed here By Amita Bhakta (Independent), Michelle Farrington (Oxfam), Diana Hiscock (HelpAge International) and Marion Staunton (HelpAge International) As humanitarian practitioners, we are guided by sector […]
New report: Adjust and Respond
The report records IDDC members’ experiences of how they adapted and continued to adapt to the challenges posed directly by the COVID-19 pandemic, and illustrates the reality of people with disabilities who experience discrimination and human rights abuses around the world on an every day basis.
Let’s go back to the people for good hygiene
For the WASH sector to enable good hygiene and support the management of bodily fluids in an inclusive way, we must go back to the human body itself.
Man or machine? Eliminating manual scavenging in India and Bangladesh
By Sally Cawood and Amita Bhakta This is a re-post of a blog written for Feminist Approaches to Labour Collectives (FemLab.co), and the original post can be accessed here. Manual scavenging – the hazardous removal of human waste from drains, […]