sanitation

Women engaged in manual scavenging continue to face systemic discrimination and are denied access to alternative livelihoods. Concerted efforts must be taken to rehabilitate them.

Even though the law requires it, biomedical waste is hardly ever segregated in India. This has a direct impact on the safety and dignity of sanitation workers, especially during the current pandemic.

Sanitation workers are at the frontlines of our response to the COVID-19 crisis. Here’s what needs to be done to ensure their health and safety.

A curated collection of news, resources, and stories on COVID-19 in 2020 to help you cut through the noise. Crowdsourced, vetted, and updated daily.

A lifelong crusader against manual scavenging, Bezwada Wilson talks about building a Dalit-led grassroots movement to liberate the community from this practice.

Impact evaluations of low-cost interventions across four Indian states reveal interesting findings on how to accurately measure toilet use.

Leveraging sanitation infrastructure for water conservation will help address India's water scarcity problem.