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Simavi releases report on water and sanitation-related violence

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

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Vulnerable to sextortion: the story of women and girls in Kajiado County, Kenya

Sex for water has become normalized in my community, says Neelai*, a Maasai woman from Kenya. 'It's terrible what women go through here.’ She and other women have formed...

WASH, Learn & Share: Pupils as changemakers in Uganda

No toilet and no water? No school. This is how Simavi creates a new generation of WASH-leaders together with Ugandan pupils and their families

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...

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