4WS Publications

Publications related to 4WS are listed here.

Survey on women's income generation

A project financed by the European commission and carried out in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka brought evidence of a cleaner environment in three low-income coastal communities and work to women and girls who culturally and practically need jobs to do at home and in their neighbourhoods.

Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation

19 May 09

The 4WS project used action research with an experimental design of three pilot communities and three matched control communities. The baseline study was done through social surveys using closed questionnaires on attitudes, practices and conditions regarding environmental sanitation, water and hygiene. Five universities and five NGOs from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands and Finland cooperated with local Governments.

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Conference Paper: Dry Latrines in the Philippines: The Case of Tingloy

This paper was presented at the First Dry Toilet Conference, organised by the Global Sanitet Club of Finland and Ecological Information Association and held from 20 - 23 August 2003 in Tampere, Finland.

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