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Sex for water? Unacceptable

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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!

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Simavi releases report on water and sanitation-related violence

New steps in Kenya to tackle sextortion How to make locally led adaptation truly locally led? Looking back on one year Water Justice Fund Money on the table: disappointing Bonn Climate Conference puts even more pressure on COP29 Simavi publishes Impact Report 2023 How fundamental is the right to water? Major breakthrough in Dutch court case

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

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Bangladesh Ritu

‘Locally led adaptation is critical to achieve water justice in the face of the climate crisis’

For Simavi Director Dieneke van der Wijk there is no doubt: empowering communities to take ownership of the process of adapting to the impacts of climate change is crucia...

New steps in Kenya to tackle sextortion

Sarwacha Programma: the first year of a Public–Private–People Partnership (4P)

The Sarwacha Programme is special in that it brings together local governments, the private sector and the community to work towards a robust system that guarantees safe...

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Esther Oeganda

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