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Sex for water? Unacceptable

Together we can let the UN know that sex for water has to end.

The water crisis hits women and girls the hardest. Simavi works together with women and girls in Africa and Asia on local solutions for clean drinking water and safe toilets for all. We fight for water, climate and gender justice. Join us!

Water and a toilet for all

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Women and girls enjoying their rights to water and sanitation: Simavi's Theory of Change

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Bangladesh Ritu

Participatory peer learning inspires women groups to work together on water justice

Women groups in Kajiado County visit each other's projects, share ideas and results through WhatsApp and mentor new groups. Jane Nyamwamu, project manager at NIA, and Est...

Special Rapporteur on Water and Sanitation receives 61,000 signatures: ‘Sex for water must stop’

11.12.24 Geneva, Switzerland

A tap and a toilet: the huge impact for girls and mothers in Uganda

Insufficient toilets and no clean water at school. Violet Kasembo (14) and Esther Kobusinge (12) from Uganda share what the consequences are.

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Esther Oeganda

Everbody has the human right to safe water and sanitation.

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