The Sanitation Learning Hub, previously known as the CLTS (Community-Led Total Sanitation) Knowledge Hub.

Recent Submissions

  • Rural Sanitation in a Changing Climate: Reflections and Case Studies 

    Kohlitz, Jeremy; Kumar, Avni; Iyer, Ruhil (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-12)
    To date, rural sanitation and hygiene are often conspicuously left out of discussions on climate change impacts on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. There are few studies that illustrate the impacts of climate ...
  • Rigour, Timeliness, and Trade-offs in Research: Experience From India’s Swachh Bharat Mission 

    Myers, Jamie; Vernon, Naomi; Chambers, Robert (Routledge, 2023-10)
    This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started ...
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Making Unpaid WASH Work Visible 

    Cavill, Sue; Huggett, Chelsea (Sanitation Learning Hub, 2023-10)
    Target 5.4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) involves the recognition and valuing of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). Much UCDW is related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and daily workloads ...
  • Exploring Female-headed Households’ Sanitation Needs, Tasikmalaya 

    Mercer, Elaine (Sanitation Learning Hub, 2023-09-15)
    Female-headed households often get left behind in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programming and policy. This SLH Learning Paper presents findings and recommendations for action, from the participatory video ...
  • The Menopause: Hidden WASH Needs 

    Bhakta, Amita; Vernon, Naomi (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-08)
    This SLH Learning Paper provides practical guidance for the WASH sector on meeting the additional needs of women going through the (peri)menopause, a phase of life rarely spoken about. The paper outlines what the perimenopause ...
  • Adapting Menstrual Health Interventions for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Emergencies 

    Wilbur, Jane; Morrison, Chloe (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-08)
    The Bishesta campaign – a menstrual health intervention for people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers in Nepal, was developed to help improve menstrual health for this population in non-humanitarian settings ...
  • A Participatory Assessment for Climate-Induced WASH Vulnerabilities in Bangladesh 

    Nuzhat, Samiha; Iyer, Ruhil; Qader, Adnan Ibne Abdul; Manzoor-Al-Islam, Saief (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-07)
    This SLH Learning Brief presents work undertaken by WaterAid Bangladesh and Rupantar in collaboration with the Sanitation Learning Hub (SLH), at the Institute of Development Studies, and the University of Technology Sydney ...
  • Learning from ODF Districts in Mozambique 

    Uandela, André; Coultas, Mimi (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-31)
    With 30 per cent of Mozambique’s rural population still practicing open defecation (JMP 2021), the country urgently needs to accelerate results if it is to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6.2. After over a decade of ...
  • Adaptation of the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Protocol During the COVID-19 Response 

    Munguambe, Carlos; Coultas, Mimi (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Before COVID-19, Mozambique’s Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) protocol, introduced in 2008 and referenced in the Strategy of Rural Sanitation 2021-2030, broadly aligned with the original approach proposed by Kar and ...
  • Learning from ODF Districts in Mozambique 

    Uandela, André; Coultas, Mimi (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
    Mozambique has committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2 to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation by 2030. Much progress is still needed, ...
  • Immersive Research for Safer Sanitation in Bihar and Maharashtra, India 

    Sneha, Santwana; Sen, Shankhajit (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05)
    In 2022, FINISH Mondial and the Sanitation Learning Hub conducted a participatory and immersive research study to understand ground realities and lived experiences of sanitation and hygiene access in Nandurbar district, ...
  • Learning From and Preventing Failure in WASH 

    Sindall, Rebecca C.; Barrington, Dani J.; Shaylor, Esther (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2023-02)
    Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) failures continue to be discussed mostly off the record, with professionals the world over repeating one another’s mistakes. Failure is difficult to talk about, but WASH failures have ...
  • Mainstreaming Climate Risks into Rural Sanitation Programming in Lao PDR 

    Kumar, Avni; Kohlitz, Jeremy; Willetts, Juliet (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-11-10)
    Despite climate change being a major concern for the sanitation sector, rural sanitation remains neglected in the wider discussions of climate impacts on WASH services. Also, the voices of vulnerable individuals, households, ...
  • Inclusive Participatory Research Through Photovoice: A Study on WASH and Nutrition in Afar, Ethiopia 

    Kelln, Jocelyn; Richter, Line; Fostvedt-Mills, Christine (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-10)
    Designing effective interventions requires the inclusion and buy-in of beneficiary communities; however, because of constraints and context, fully participatory research can be challenging. The Afar people of northern ...
  • Impact of Climate Hazards on Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in Burkina Faso 

    Iyer, Ruhil; Pare Toe, Léa (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2022-08)
    Despite climate change being a major concern for the sanitation sector, rural sanitation remains neglected in the wider discussions of climate impacts on WASH services. Also, the voices of vulnerable individuals, ...
  • Emerging Practice for the Engagement of Men and Boys in WASH 

    Bongomin, Godfrey; Huggett, Chelsea; Jain, Juhi; Lala, Sunetra; Poilapa, Relvie; Lee, Elis; Morrison, Chloe; Noerdiyanti, Novika; Sanderson, Rosie; Roy, Proshanto (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2022-07-11)
    This document accompanies Frontiers of Sanitation: Engaging men for gender transformative WASH, Part 2, which explores the extent to which engaging men and boys in WASH processes is leading to transformative change in ...
  • Engaging Men and Boys for Gender-Transformative WASH 

    Cavill, Sue; Huggett, Chelsea; Mott, Jose (The Sanitation Learning Hub, Institute of Development Studies, 2022-07-11)
    This issue of Frontiers of Sanitation explores the extent to which engaging men and boys in WASH processes is leading to transformative change in gender roles, attitudes, and sustainable change in reducing gender inequalities ...
  • WASH and Older People 

    Cavill, Sue; Chuktu, Nanpet; Farrington, Michelle; Hiscock, Diana; Muturi, Caroline; Nath, Priya; Staunton, Marion (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-03)
    There are estimated to be around 900 million older adults (aged 60 years and above), around 13 per cent of the world population. The COVID-19 pandemic helped shed light on the specific needs of older people as a group ...
  • Bringing WASH into the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Humanitarian Settings 

    Srivastava, Shilpi; Allouche, Jeremy; Price, Roz; Nelis, Tina (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-02-16)
    This paper examines the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus in a humanitarian context, with a specific focus on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). It highlights the complex and non-linear interactions that WASH has with other ...
  • Local Government Leadership in Sanitation and Hygiene: Experiences and Learnings from West Africa 

    Melloni, Gian (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01-31)
    Between July and October 2021, the Sanitation Learning Hub worked with government representatives and development partners to develop, share, and cross-analyse case studies looking at local system and government strengthening ...

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