Sanitation

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Toiling hard to build toilets brick by brick

Thirty-three-year-old Sunita Devi of Udaipura village in Latehar district of Jharkhand has been a trailblazer, teaching tribal women masonry for the purpose of building toilets across interiors. Her story in her own words.

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Kotwalia women break menstruation taboo

If lack of water forced Kotwalia women to relieve themselves in the open, their ingrained mindset made menstruation taboo. With toilets and sanitation training, they now follow good menstrual hygiene.

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Toilets as bride price scripts sanitation success in Haryana

A social marketing campaign urging parents of brides to demand toilets at marriage negotiations has led to a dramatic increase of 21% in private sanitation coverage in Haryana, particularly in rural areas

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Remote village in Karbi Anglong sets cleanliness benchmark

The young people of Shikdamakha in Assam didn’t wait for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to set standards in sanitation, which has today resulted in the village being one of the cleanest in the entire country