Water and Sanitation

Water and Sanitation: Bridging the Gender Gap on India’s Seas

By Malini Shankar
Jeeja Behera, 34, the wife of a fisherman in the village of Sannapatna in India’s cyclone prone Puri district, dreads the onset of the cyclone season between October and January every year due to the lack of water, sanitation and hygiene in cyclone shelters.

Brazil to Monitor Improvement of Water Quality in Latin America

By Fabíola Ortiz
Problems in access to quality drinking water, supply shortages and inadequate sanitation are challenges facing development and the fight against poverty in Latin America. A new regional centre based in Brazil will monitor water to improve its management.

Walking Among the Victims of Pakistan’s ‘War’ on the Taliban

By Ashfaq Yusufzai
It has been just two weeks since the Pakistan army began a full-blown military offensive - codenamed ‘the sword of the Prophet Muhammad strikes’ (Zarb-e-Asb) – to eradicate the Taliban from the country’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), particularly from the sprawling North Waziristan Agency.


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