wH2O: The Journal of Gender and Water: Volume 1, Issue 1
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04/01/2012
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Publication The Women, Water and Sanitation Crisis and the Role of the Transnational Corporation: An Evaluation of Initiatives, Incentives and Impacts(2017-10-03) D'Angelo, CarolineThroughout much of the developing world, women lack access to water and sanitation. This means that women cannot work or attend school, are at higher risk of assault and illness and must care for family members sickened from disease-carrying water. This crisis will only worsen due to increasing water scarcity from population growth, climate change and coming water conflicts . Trans- national companies (TNCs) are in a unique position to provide women water and sanitation (WW&S) access through investment in social enterprises, addressing and mitigating gendered negative impacts, corporate social responsibility and sustainable management (CSRM) programs and governance and stakeholder management initiatives. They have much to gain: investing in water and sanitation access can improve productivity of the work force, create better stakeholder relationships and develop new markets. This paper briefly surveys the available literature on WW&S, and then examines how transnational corporations negatively and positively affect WW&S through real and conceptual examples in corporate social responsibility, investment in social enterprise and governance strategies.Publication Geography Matters: The Importance of Land, Water and Space in Sanitation Studies(2017-10-03) O'Reilly, KathleenPublication Refection: Water From the Enslaved South to a South Dakota Farmstead(2017-10-03) Sorensen, LeniPublication Health and Hygiene School Program Initiative for Adolescents in Dhaka, Bangladesh(2017-10-03) van Werven, IrisThe level of knowledge on personal health and hygiene within the Bangladeshi society is limited. Poor hygiene and health practices restricts the socioeconomic, psycho logical and health well being of adolescents, especially girls. This case-study focuses on a health and hygiene school program initiative from two trainers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. To create a comprehensive overview of the methods and activities of the trainers, interviews were conduct ed with the trainers, materials and reports were reviewed, and one school was visited. The trainers organized interactive and participatory classroom sessions, providing adolescents with information ranging from basic hygiene to the effects of drugs and menstrual hygiene. The majority of the participating students were adolescent girls and many students were orphans. The program has resulted in an increased health and hygiene awareness among st u dents and changes in behavior related to food intake and hygiene. Recommendations for further improvement include training the teachers and combining education with installation of latrines and water taps and avenues for socioeconomic improvements to increase income available for health and hygiene investment.Publication Watering Their Graves: Breast Milk Substitutes and Supplements in Developing Countries(2017-10-03) Oyugi, JamiePublication Infographic(2017-10-03) Mehta, KannanPublication The Real Fight Against Climate Change: What Would Woman Do?(2017-10-03) Nair, AishwaryaPublication Reproductive Health Reform: A Climate Change Adaptation Strategy(2017-10-03) Ryan, JuliaPublication Technology & Innovations in the Water Sector: Closing the Gender Gap(2017-10-03) Dobyns, DakotaPublication The Urban Water Transition: Why We Must Address the New Reality of Urbanization, Women, Water, and Sanitation in Sustainable Development(2017-10-03) Birch, Eugenie L; Meleis, Afaf; Wachter, Susan