By Braima Koroma, Colin Marx, Soukeyna Mbaye, Tatu Mtwangi Limbumba, Jeannine Raoelimiadana, Claudy Vouhe This blog reflects on the theme of ‘space’ as an element of sanitation justice. We use the sanitation value chain to think about space(s) within the chain and across the chain. We go beyond appreciating the spatial distribution of ‘access to…

By Braima Koroma, Abdulai Turay, Ibrahim Bakarr Bangura, Amadu Kamara-Labor, Jamiatu Sesay, Emmanuel Osuteye Women play a significant role in both household and community sanitation practices, quite often unpaid as compared to men. Often, women are under-represented in sanitation decision-making, governance and management structures, even though they do most of the unpaid work in homes…

Par Mina Rakotoarindrasata, experte en Genre, SiMiralenta/Genre en Action, OVERDUE Festo Dominic Makoba du Centre pour les Initiatives Communautaires (CCI ,Tanzanie), Mina Rakotoarindrasata de SiMiralenta/Genre en Action (Madagascar) et Angèle Koué (GEPALEF, Côte d’Ivoire) sont membres du projet OVERDUE et ont participé au 21ème Congrès international de l’Association Africaine de l’Eau et à la 7ème…

By Catarina Mavila, Prof Wilbard Kombe, Emmanuel Osuteye, Nadine Coetzee, Angèle Koue and Prof Julian Walker  Reflections from visits to 2 faecal sludge treatment plants in Tamil Nadu with TNUSSP  For those of us who are lucky enough, sewage is a hidden system, once you flush the toilet it disappears, out of sight out of…

By Pascale Hofmann, Nelly Leblond, Ana Leao, Astrid Mujinga, Tim Ndezi and Ibrahim Bakarr Bangura In February 2023 the team of the research project OVERDUE – tackling the sanitation taboo across urban Africa embarked on a knowledge exchange visit to India to learn from the Indian Institute for Human Settlement’s Tamil Nadu Urban Sanitation Support…