As a contribution to the ‘Triple Nexus in WASH Initiative’, the WASH Network, together with GTO and IRC WASH, has developed an e-learning course on ‘Building WASH Resilience, Conflict Sensitivity and Peace’. This is offered free of charge on the WASH Systems Academy platform.
Even though leading hygiene researchers consider handwashing with soap to be as important as vaccination in the fight against pandemics such as COVID-19, 36% of schools worldwide have no handwashing facilities.
Together with the German WASH network, the GTO has convened a learning event on building resilient WASH systems in fragile contexts.
In their position paper, German WASH network and VENRO demand: WASH should be seen as an essential foundation for any sustainable development.
The Sustainable Services Initiative developed a discussion paper on strengthening sanitation and hygiene in the WASH systems conceptual framework.
