VOICING JUST SANITATION
The campaign seeks to amplify a cloud of voices around sanitation, to reframe discussions about what just sanitation is and could look like. We are collecting short podcasts (<2min) answering one of the following questions:
Want to contribute? Get in touch or record your own vocal here.
Who are the sanitation heroes we should celebrate across African cities
Pascale Hofmann
Associate Professor in Environmental and Sustainable Development
DPU Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL
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Sulaiman Foday Kamara
Researcher at SLURC, community officer and focal person for the informal settlements and community-related groups in Freetown
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Abass Kargbo
Mechanical pit emptier in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo by Sulaiman F Kamara, 2020.
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Catarina Simões Mavila
Consultant in Social Anthropology, COWI, Gender and Sexual & Reproductive rights expert.
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Nadia Ramanantsara
Nadia Ramanantsara, Head of Public Sanitary Infrastructure, of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Department of the Urban Municipality of Antananarivo
Prisca
Prisca, toilet attendant or “pee lady”, co-manager of a mobile urinal, employee of MADIO Vidange & Plomberie, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Anjara Maharavo
Anjara Maharavo, Head of the Hygiene Promotion Division, of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Department of the Urban Commune of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Véronique Randrianarison
Véronique Randrianarison, Manager of MADIO Sludge Emptying & Plumbing, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Peter Khamisi
Secretary general of the Septage Emptiers Association of Kenya and deputy treasurer for the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA)
Christoph Lüthi
Dr. Eng. in infrastructure planning, Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development (Sandec), EAWAG
Nelly Leblond
Post-doctoral research fellow, DPU University College London
What does sanitation (in)justice look like in African cities?
Pedro Arrojo
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Emeritus professor at University of Zaragoza, and former deputy at the Spanish Parliament. Co-founder the New Water Culture Foundation, and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize
Priti Parikh
Associate Professor, Head of UCL Engineering for International Development Research Centre and founder of of UCL’s MSc in Engineering for International Development
Ibra Sow
President of the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA) and of Autonomous Sanitation Actors in Senegal (AAAS)
Jamiatu Sesay
Community development practitioner, member of the Federation for Urban and Rural Poor (FEDURP) and resident of Dworzak community, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Astrid Mujinga
Astrid Mujinga, journalist, writer, women’s rights activist, and coordinator of the Congolese Women’s Cord for Households Balance (CFCEM), Democratic Republic of Congo
Mariam Bakayoko
Mariam Bakayoko, Community leader, Biafra district of Treichville, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Honorable Félicité Naweza
Honorable Félicité Naweza, Provincial Deputy for South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Solange Tiémélé
Solange Tiémélé, 5th Deputy Mayor of Treichville, Ivory Coast
Mbaye Mbéguéré
PhD in Environmental Sciences, Senior WASH Manager at WaterAid, former Senior Program Coordinator of the African Water Association, and former National Coordinator of the program for the structuring of the faecal sludge market for the benefit of poor households in Dakar
David Heymann
Communications Officer for Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality (KNOW) Bartlett Development and Planning Unit UCL, landscape architect with experience grounded in urban design, participatory practice, and localised engagement
Joseph Macarthy
Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) and lecturer at the Institute of Geography and Development Studies, Njala University
Kavita Wankhade
Senior Lead – Practice at IIHS, leading the Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support Programme (TNUSSP), scaling safe & inclusive sanitation across the state
Colin McFarlane
Professor in urban Geography, Durham University, exploring the experience and politics of sanitation in informal neighbourhoods of African and South Asian cities
Richard Prosper
Community development practitioner and researcher at Ardhi University
Loan Diep
Researcher on Urban Water and Sanitation, Green Infrastructure, Socio-Environmental Justice and their intersection. PhD candidate at University College London
Peter Khamisi
Secretary general of the Septage Emptiers Association of Kenya and deputy treasurer for the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA)
Andrea Rigon
Associate professor, DPU Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL, founder of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Center and Chair of CatalyticAction
Abdoulaye Diop “Pelé”
Abdoulaye Diop residing in Saint Louis Senegal, talks about the internal and disastrous solutions found by women to evacuate wastewater from their home
Fama Diop
Elder women also experience sanitation problems. Mrs. Fama Diop, 70 years old, living in Saint Louis Senegal tells about the ordeals of her environment
What taboos should be tackled to ensure safe toilets for all?
Claudy Vouhé
Founder of L’Etre Egale, co-founding member of Genre en Action, supporting gender mainstreaming in public policies and programmes of government bodies, international organisations, research institutions, NGOs and women’s local organisations
Raktim Ray
Urbanist and lecturer (Teaching) at the Development Planning Unit, UCL
David Schaub-Jones
Co-founder of SeeSaw, harnessing Information and Communication technologies to support the provision of clean water, environmental protection, and the delivery of safe sanitation services
Peter Khamisi
Secretary general of the Septage Emptiers Association of Kenya and deputy treasurer for the Pan African Association of non-sewer Sanitation Actors (PASA)
Angèle Koué
Angèle Koué, expert in gender issues, President of Gender, Parity, Women Leadership (GEPALEF), Ivory Coast
Lanto
Lanto, Housekeeper and tenant, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Brigitte Taho
Brigitte Taho, Professor of Biologie and Earth Sciences, President of the NGO Filles d’Excellence, Ivory Coast
Nathalie Musau
Nathalie Musau, deputy representative of the students of the Higher Institute of Commercial and Financial Studies (ISECOF), Democratic Republic of Congo
Wilbard Kombe
Professor of Urban Land Development Studies and former Director of the Institute of Human Settlements at Ardhi University
Emilie Tapé
Emilie Tapé, Sex blogger and expert in Gender and the Protection of Women, Ivory Coast
Braima Koroma
Director of Research and Training of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) and lecturer at the Institute of Geography and Development Studies, Njala University
Awa Ba
Ms. Awa Ba, actress recounts her experiences with toilets and sewage disposal, Saint Louis, Senegal
Khady Ba
Khady Ba, community representative, talks about the problems with the toilets during the rainy season
Unsanitary sanitation workaround
In Diamaguene, Saint Louis Senegal, women are responsible for dealing with wastewater. To palliate the lack of connection to sewers and the reflux of sewage, they pay men to dispose of the waste in rainwater canals
Want to raise your voice and share your perspective on Just Sanitation?
Contact us by email or directly record your podcast 👉
answering one of the following questions:
Who are the sanitation heroes we should celebrate?
What does (in)just sanitation look like?
What taboos should be tackled to ensure safe toilets for all?
SANITATION FESTIVAL IN FREETOWN
In Freetown, the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) organized a Sanitation tour on World Toilet Day. The tour was joined by Municipal Authorities, NGOs, Community groups, manual and mechanical pit emptiers, and waste management companies celebrating all the women and men, boys and girls who maintain safe sanitation facilities and chains.
In Mwanza, the Center for Community Initatives (CCI) and Ardhi University are celebrating the variety of initiatives, projects and activities implemented by different stakeholders (public, private and community) sustaining safe sanitation across the city. Presentations, dances, songs and drawings catalysed public discussions around sanitation heroes, visions and taboos.
SANITATION FESTIVAL IN BEIRA
In Beira, COWI-Mozambique is organizing debates in partnership with the Mega-FM radio and launching a call for photographies to document sanitation heroes, solutions and taboos.
We seek to stimulate discussions around just sanitation. All your comments are welcomed! You can also reach us by mail at OVERDUESANITATION@gmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you!
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