All Content Tagged “Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene”

Blog
A girl stands in front of a wall displaying posters.
Hafsa standing in her classroom at Mohammed V Middle School in Marrakech, Morocco. Photo credit: Katie Bercegeay/USAID.

Hafsa's Story: How a Moroccan middle schooler is leading the charge for climate action

Read the story of Hafsa, an eighth grader at Mohammed V Middle School in Marrakech, Morocco, who is inspiring her community to conserve water.

    Tags:
  • Education
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Education
  • Partnerships
Brief
A smiling woman stands in front of an audience giving a demonstration on how to use a menstrual product.
Educational and behavior change session near Nairobi, Kenya for employees to support healthy attitudes towards menstruating employees. JM Media Avenue for USAID

USAID’s Menstrual Health and Hygiene Technical Brief

Explore this brief on multi-sectoral approaches to menstrual health and hygiene interventions. Uncover key challenges, opportunities, and tips for driving impactful change.

    Tags:
  • Education
  • Global Health
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Project Design and Implementation
Blog
A woman pointing at a sign of the USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project
One of USAID’s partnering entrepreneurs points to the project name that has brought her new business. Photo Credit: Marian Siljeholm, USAID

It’s a Boda Girl Thing

Advancing menstrual equity in Kenya.

Many women and girls around the world struggle to access high-quality, safe menstrual hygiene products. This can mean that they miss school or work when they are menstruating.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Global Health
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Maternal Child Health and Nutrition & WASH
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Partnerships
  • Project Design and Implementation
Guidance

Addressing GBV through Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene Programs

Understand why USAID's water security, sanitation, and hygiene (WSSH) programs should integrate programming to address gender-based violence (GBV) and learn specific strategies to accomplish this.

    Tags:
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Women’s Leadership
Blog

Protecting and Empowering Women and Girls for Safer Access to Water

The Kenya Water and Sanitation Civil Society Network and the African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation launched the Sex for Water—Promoting Safe Space for Girls and Young Women in Kibera project.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Blog

Supporting Safe Sanitation and Preventing Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan

The USAID Integrated WASH Response and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence is working directly with communities in South Sudan to improve access to safe water and sanitation.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Engaging Men and Boys
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Project Design and Implementation
Blog

Women in the Waste Sector: Unlocking Global Climate Gains through Local Action

In the Philippines, women are leading the way in reducing plastic waste pollution by creating circular economies where waste is used and reused as a resource.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
Blog

Protecting the Earth Starts with Safety and Equality

USAID has countless partnerships and extensive programs to economically and intellectually empower women to leverage their know-how and expertise to increase climate resilience.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Resilience and Food Security
Policy

USAID Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy

Review the policy that provides the vision for USAID’s work to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Conflict and Insecurity
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Global Health
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Land and Property Rights
  • Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Data and Decision-Making
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Engaging Men and Boys
  • Inclusive Development
  • Policy
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Partnerships
  • Policy Formation
  • Project Design and Implementation
  • Strategy