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SACOSAN Special! Voices of people in vulnerable situations in South Asia
The 7th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN VII) kicks off on 10 April 2018 in Islamabad, Pakistan. SACOSAN Is a powerful agent for sanitation and hygiene progress in South Asia and in recent years has highlighted, in particular, the voices, and needs, of people in vulnerable situations.
This year, the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA), WaterAid and WSSCC supported national level consultation meetings in seven South Asian countries in advance of SACOSAN. The multi-stakeholder consultations focused on one priority vulnerable group in each country and also included government authorities who will be expected to to commit to work on ensuring access to sanitation at least for the constituency covered under the national consultation.
With the support of the partners, selected representatives from each of the constituencies will participate in sessions and discussions with Ministers at SACOSAN. One plenary session, in particular, will focus on Listening to Community Voices. That event will highlight voices from the most marginalized communities on their current status and aspirations of access to sanitation services.
To get a flavour of the consultations and these aspirations, FANSA, WaterAid and WSSCC are pleased to present these short blogs from experts in the region.
Leave No One Behind: Sanitation is not a taboo – voices of young girls in Sri Lanka
- Leave No One Behind: Voices of the persons with disabilities in Pakistan
- Leave No One Behind: WASH challenges of sanitation workers in Maldives
- Leave No One Behind: Voices of Transpersons in India
- Leave No One Behind: Voices of people from hard-to-reach areas in rural Bhutan
- Leave No One Behind: Access to sanitation improved in Bangladesh, but still a long way to go
- Leave No One Behind: Voices of women in Afghanistan
- Leave No One Behind: In Nepal, coordination and ownership is a key to achieve sanitation
We welcome your thoughts and opinions on these blogs and the broader issue of equality and non-discrimination in sanitation and hygiene. Feel free to share them with us via email at [email protected].
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National Workshop on Strategies to engage with Governments in achieving SDG6
Workshop on "Accelerating Universal and Equitable Access to Safe Drinking Water"

FANSA participation in European Public Health Conference held at Stockholm from 1-4th November 2017.
Workshop: Accelerating Universal and Equitable Access to Safe Drinking Water


3rd National Summit - Sustainable Water & Sanitation
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Drinking water supply and sanitation in India continue to be inadequate, despite longstanding efforts by the various levels of government and communities at improving coverage. Out of the 1.3 Billion population In India, 77 million people lack access to safe water while 769 million people lack access to improved sanitation. 157 million Indians or 41 percent of Indians living in urban areas, live without adequate sanitation. India comes on top for having the greatest number of urbanites living without sanitation.
Learning from the governance and transparency programme in South Asia
Read a series of case studies from a five-year governance and transparency programme undertaken by FAN Global and WaterAid to improve the accountability and responsiveness of duty bearers to ensure equitable and sustainable WASH services for the poorest and most marginalised.
World Toilet Day 2013 in South Asia
On 19th November 2013, the independent sovereign India is the Global Capital of open defecation with more than half of its 1200+ million people defecating in the open every day. The political independence has not brought any significant change to this reality.
Briefing: 5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN V)
Find out about FANSA's engagement in the fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation, hosted by Nepal from 22-24 October 2013 in Kathmandu, with the theme 'Sanitation for All: All for Sanitation'.
Sanitation campaign kicked off
A coalition of civil society organizations, media and parliamentarians from across South Asia have started their discussion on tackling sanitation crisis in South Asia in Kathmandu in connection of the launch of regional campaign on sanitation on 19th March.
Civil Organization deliberated whole day on citizens’ charter to right to sanitation, a vision for prosper South Asia and dignified citizens. The charter is an aspiration of citizens of South Asia for dignified lives and freedom from diarrhoea, malnutrition and discrimination.
Regional Campaign on Sanitation 
Keep Your Promises on Sanitation is a regional customised version of the international keeps your promises campaign. The campaign is calling on decision makers to stick to the pledges they have made on sanitation. Decision makers have made promises locally, nationally, regionally and globally to get sanitation to the poorest communities in South Asia, where over a one billion people don’t use improved sanitation and 700 million practice open defecation - however, words are not enough and actions are required to end this human development and public health crisis.
Announcing FANSA's new Coordinator Siddhartha Das
FAN South Asia launches new four-year strategy
Rajamouli determined to work for rights
At the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, Kusum Rajamouli, a local Panchyat leader from Gangadevpalli village in a southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, India, was not happy to see the government's shyness over their commitment on the right to water and sanitation.
World Water Forum 6 in Marseille, France
The Sixth World Water Forum in Marseille, France kicked off on Monday 12 March. Over 20 thousand people from 144 countries discussed for a week water issues and make decisions for the future of this vital liquid. The event involved representatives, legislators, ministers, business, and civil society representatives, among others.
Contact details
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HYDERABAD-500 039, Telangana, India
Ramisetty Murali
Convenor
Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA)
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