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India's women given low-cost route to sanitary protection

Few Indian women can afford sanitary towels. But one social entrepreneur aims to change that, and provide an income too: Arunachalam Muruganantham went to great lengths to develop an effective solution, even wearing sanitary towels and a device filled with blood himself to test his innovations.
Azra- empowered to help her community with sanitation and hygiene

Case study from Mardan, NWFP, of a 22 year old woman from a very conservative Pathan background, who initially worked as a volunteer hygiene promoter for Integrated Rural Support Programme (IRSP), trained in CLTS, PRA and other approaches and then felt empowered to mobilise awareness around sanitation and hygiene in her communities.
Hope out of conflict – How sanitation plays a vital role in protecting women and children from sexual violence in DRC

Working in the North-Kivu province of DRC, the Programme de Promotion de Soins Santé Primaires is using an integrated and holistic approach that includes CLTS to address the linked problems of sexual violence and sanitation which affect women and children. Adopting a CLTS approach, and working in schools and health clinics, maternal and child health in the area has improved, and the increase in household latrines have reduced the vulnerability of women. In addition, through establishing community protection committees, survivors of sexual violence are able to speak out, receive counselling and seek justice.
Amnesty International Report- Insecurity and Indignity: women's experiences in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya

Amnesty International has just published a report on women’s experiences in the slums of Nairobi which shows that women living in informal settlements are particularly affected by the lack of adequate access to sanitation facilities. In addition to difficulties relating to lack of privacy, they face threats to their safety. Lack of toilet facilities in or near the home means that women are vulnerable to rape and other gender-based violence when they go for open defecation or visit public facilities during the night.
(July 2010)
Vigilance by young girls and women: The Gandhian way of persuasion

by Anupma Verma, Knowledge Links, India

One pager on how women and girls in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttrakhand have used a Gandhian approach for persuading those who continue to defecate in the open to change their behaviour.
In India, New Seat of Power for Women: Prospective Brides Demand Sought-After Commodity: A Toilet

Emily Wax, Washington Post, October 12, 2009

Read how more and more young women in rural India are saying no loo, no I do!
Social Dynamics of CLTS: Inclusion of children, women and vulnerable

Amina Mahbub (2009)

This study which forms part of the IDS research project Going to Scale? The Potential of Community-led Total Sanitation looks at the intensity and significance of the participation of women and children in CLTS processes in several villages of Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. It also seeks to identify the extent of inclusion of the extreme poor and marginalised in the process and their experience over time.
Beyond Sanitation

By Nipun Vinayak (2006)

Beyond Sanitation is the story of the CLTS campaign in the Jalna district of Maharashtra, India.

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