Broadening standard WASH indicators would improve global health

Broadening standard WASH indicators would improve global health

Water scarcity now threatens the health and development of communities around the globe. And climate change intensifies the problem, pushing governments to find more innovative, collaborative ways to address water stress. That’s why we need new metrics to monitor and assess Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene or WASH interventions, says Pulte Institute Evidence and Learning Associate Director Danice Brown Guzmán.

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International Women's Day Panel Discussion: Iraqi Women Speak

International Women's Day Panel Discussion: Iraqi Women Speak

It has been 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in their “war on terror.” What the U.S. sold as a grim but necessary surgical strike for democracy and stability in the Middle East worsened the conditions in which women and children live.

Deepening poverty and weakened state institutions made women and girls more vulnerable to exploitation and is just one consequence of the devastation. Through their research and interviews with Iraqi women and activists, Keough School Professor Emeritus 

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