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Pubescent girls face unique emotional barriers to returning to school after a disaster concerning water, sanitation and hygiene (WAS
Women and adolescent girls in disaster-prone and fragile contexts face many challenges.
Post-disaster relief and recovery operations seldom focus on women’s priorities regarding menstrual hygiene.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
Most households in the districts of Sri Lanka affected by the tsunami possessed drinking water wells, and these wells were contamina
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.