Andrés Hueso González’s Tweets

Nov 14, 2019

📢The report 'Health, safety and dignity of sanitation workers' is out! It's the most extensive exploration of #SanitationWorkers: risks, good practice, gaps and action areas (9 country cases). By

washmatters.wateraid.org/health-safety- (En+Fr) #WorldToiletDay

Awa Diagne and 8 others

Burst sewage pipe adds to infrastructure woes at COP27

Chilufya Chileshe

@ChilufyaC

Nov 10

For those who say sanitation / toilets have no place in the climate change priorities...🤯 The waste water at #COP27 was not having it. It reminded them 💪🏾

Attendees of this year’s U.N. climate conference in Egypt found themselves stepping over streams of foul-smelling fluid Wednesday after a pipe or tank holding liquid waste appeared to have burst near...

Initiative for Sanitation Workers

@ISW_sanworkers

Oct 27

📢Congratulations to the awardees of #SanitationWorkers Research Awards'22, announced at the #UNCWaterandHealth conference. 🏆Check out the details of the awardees, and the abstracts: sanitationworkers.susana.org/blog/12-sanita

WaterAid Global and 9 others

Initiative for Sanitation Workers

Oct 25

Don't miss this #UNCWaterandHealth session, capturing the global efforts to strengthen research on #SanitationWorkers.

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@ISW_sanworkers

Oct 25

Why is #research on #SanitationWorkers rights important? What are the key research priorities? Join us for the discussion at the #UNCWaterandHealth Conference.

26 Oct, 8.30 EST. In-person and livestream.

Kavita Wankhade and 9 others

TNUSSP

@TNUSSP

Oct 20

Catch us at #UNCWaterandHealth side event #2, convened along with

@WorldBank

: The session will discuss challenges, innovations, & strategies to improve the occupational health & safety of sanitation workers. More info at linktr.ee/TNUSSP

Kavita Wankhade

@kavita_wankhade

Sep 28

Our First Aid Manual for De-sludging Operators was launched by Hon. Deputy Mayor, Chennai Mahesh Kumar &

@chennaicorp

Commissioner

@GSBediIAS

The manual will be available to all soon

Kavita Wankhade

@kavita_wankhade

Sep 15

Another exciting news from

@TNUSSP

In association with

@IndianRedCross

& St John's Ambulance, we are launching a First Aid Manual for desludging operators to train them on first aid techniques. Watch this space for more updates!

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On this #WorldFirstAidDay @iihsin led TNUSSP, in association with @IndianRedCross and St John's Ambulance, Trichy, announces the launch of First Aid Training Manual for De-Sludging Operators. Watch @Kavita_Wankhade unveil the cover. More details coming soon. @NFSSMalliance

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Initiative for Sanitation Workers and 8 others

Sep 8

🔖Blog by

@jenniferabarr

summarising #SanitationWorkers health review by

@EmoryUniversity

@WHO

: 1 Body of research is spotty 2 Sanitation workers at higher risk for gastrointestinal and respiratory problems 3 Lots left for the research community to do sanitationworkers.susana.org/blog/10-sanita

Sanitation workers emptying the content of a pit.
Picture taken by C S Sharada Prasad

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ALT

Sep 1

Powerful reminder from wayuu leader Isolina, inviting delegates to walk the territories and understand the real needs of the people, in order to ground the UN 2023 water conference. #WorldWaterWeek2022 #WorldWaterWeek

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World Health Organization (WHO) and 7 others

Aug 31

Launch of the #SanitationWorkers knowledge platform at #WorldWaterWeek

@saltiel_water

Highlights the situation of sanitation workers and remind us that this is not only a matter of rights, it is also a matter of having a workforce that can deliver SDG 6.2 sanitationworkers.susana.org

Aug 31

📢 Join us today at the World Bank booth if you are at #WorldWaterWeek ! We are launching the #SanitationWorkers webiste! For those not here, sneak peak: sanitationworkers.susana.org

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SNV Water

@SNV_Water

Aug 29

In Stockholm for #WWWeek2022? On Wednesday | 31 August | 3-3:30PM CEST at Norra Latin 2.2 booth --> come join @wateraid @ilo @WHO @SNVworld @WorldBankWater @susana_org for the launch of a knowledge and learning digital platform on #SanitationWorkers and their rights

Aug 30

How can we ensure governments meet their duty to fulfil everyone's right to sanitation?

To accelerate progress in rural sanitation, governments need to be in the driving seat | WASH...

@wateraid

offers his thoughts👇

washmatters.wateraid.org

Read about how embedding government-led programming into mainstream rural sanitation practice can accelerate progress.

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Aug 29

"There is too much impatience and to much optimism" says

@AntK_

at #WorldWaterWeek. Figuring out treatment and wider sanitation services takes time and needs lots of fine tuning. Also illustrated by experiences in the session from

@Sanivation

and

@CEPT_CWAS

(scheduled desludging)

SNV World and 5 others

WaterAid Global and 3 others

Aug 28

Isolina (wayuu leader): Arijunas (strangers) believe big WASH infrastructure and machines will be a durable solution, but don't consider maintenance. They build and leave, without understanding us, our context, building on our local solutions or even talking to us #WorldWaterWeek

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The Sanitation Learning Hub and 9 others

Aug 26

Gear up for this #WorldWaterWeek event on the importance of #sanitation for climate resilient development, and of climate financing reflecting this. Speakers include WBank's climate specialist Sean Nelson and several sanitation specialists (tagged in tile) worldwaterweek.org/event/10204-cl

Andrés Hueso González and 9 others

Aug 18

Sewage has been pouring into seas and onto beaches in England and Wales📢 A stark reminder - we must maintain and upgrade sewage and wastewater systems to adapt to changing needs and a changing climate. Time to get our shit together❗️ 👉sanitationlearninghub.org/2022/08/18/tim #WASHTwitter

Reads "Blog. Time to get our shit together. Mimi Coultas'

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Aug 16

#SDG 6.2 is ambitious and some programmes are reaching large numbers. But that’s not going to be enough❗️ We must fund programmes to reach the poorest and most marginalised living in challenging contexts. Blog by

@DrMichaelGnilo

@UNICEFwater

👉bit.ly/3Ps2u6X

Rural sanitation is in desperate need of attention and funding. An illustration shows a messy bag of money and a megaphone.

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Jamie Myers and 4 others

WaterAid Global

@wateraid

Aug 10

How can we ensure governments meet their duty to fulfil everyone's #HumanRight to #sanitation? Read

The Sanitation Learning Hub and 4 others

’s blog, the latest in a series on rural sanitation 👉washmatters.wateraid.org/blog/to-accele

Aug 9

Good practice in rural sanitation -as a development partner- is to: (choose all that apply) a) Ignore local authorities b) Not waste time in alignment meetings c) Fly in expats every other week If you have selected any of the above, please click & read: washmatters.wateraid.org/blog/to-accele

USAID Water

and 7 others

Aug 4

Sanitation businesses succeed when: -Focusing on a market segment -and customer-centered durable products -As a line in an existing business Programmes should: -Focus on sales & promotion -Help shape the business environment -Be ready for longer timeframes globalwaters.org/resources/asse

USAID Water

and 7 others

The Sanitation Learning Hub and 7 others

SNV Water

@SNV_Water

Aug 2

A well-functioning sanitation market in a given geography relies on not one, but multiple viable sanitation businesses. What helps make a sanitation business viable according to #rural #sanitation partners of

@USAIDWater

? Read: globalwaters.org/resources/asse

Infographic that shows a woman thinking of different solutions and pathways to a rural sanitation challenge because 'there is no silver bullet for safely managed sanitation'

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Jul 26

We all can recount multiple examples of toilets out of use or falling in disrepair... How do we ensure that progress in rural sanitation is sustained? Lessons from recent evidence and experiences in

@SNVworld

blog, the second in our collaborative series - #RuralSanitationMatters

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SNV World

@SNVworld

Jul 26

Sustaining rural #sanitation gains is possible. @SNV_WASH @SanLearningHub @wateraid @USAIDWater @WorldBankWater @UNICEF agree that a politically prioritised & well-funded effort to embed sector learning in new sanitation programmes help. Key lessons

snv.org/update/sustain

Jul 18

📢First blog of a collaborative series on rural sanitation, capturing latest evidence on programming. This one from

@WorldBankWater

@awiiita

focuses on the role of subsidies in reaching the poorest and most vulnerables - and how to do it properly. 🔖#RuralSanitationMatters

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World Bank Water

@WorldBankWater

Jul 18

How can we maximize the impact of rural sanitation programs? Key lessons from a recent workshop with @UNICEF, @WaterAid, @SNVworld, @SanLearningHub, @USAid: wrld.bg/QuhW50JXG8U

Sweepers Are Superheroes

@sewperheroes

Jun 30

In another tragic incident two Christian #sanitationworkers (father and son) Riaz Masih 46 yrs & Jabanzeb 19 yrs succumbed to poisonous gasses during cleaning a #sewerline in #Chakwal #Punjab When the #State & the #society will start seeing those #workers as #humans?

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Sameer Ajmal

@sameerajmal11

Jun 30

'' ہے جرم ضعیفی کی سزا مرگ مفاجات" ایک اور حادثہ --مسیحی کیمونٹی سے تعلق رکھنے والے باپ بیٹا 46 سالہ ریاض مسیح اور 19 سالہ جہانزیب ریاض گٹر کی صفای کے دوران موت کے منہ میں چلے گیے @maryjamesgill @sewperheroes

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Bezwada Wilson

@BezwadaWilson

Jun 25

Political masters never suffer, its marginalised communities & sections of the society who always bear the suffering due to apathy & decisions of the rulers, hence the #Action2022 campaign against sewer and septic tank deaths which continues in #Dhanbad | #StopKillingUs #JaiBhim

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Jun 17

Well deserved recognition to

@sewperheroes

, and with them to all the #sanitationworkers whose rights they advocate for.

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Mary James Gill

@maryjamesgill

Jun 17

Such an honor to be received by Swedish Foreign Minister H. E. Ms @AnnLinde as Anna Lindh Prize 2020 laurate for @sewperheroes on the nomination of @WaterAidSverige along with this year’s winners Jamila Afghan & Najwa Alimi from Afghanistan. #AnnaLindhPrize #StockholmDiaries

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WaterAid Nigeria and 9 others

WaterAid West Africa

@WaterAidWAfrica

Jun 16

There are exciting #WASH activities ongoing in 7 countries under #WaterAidWestAfrica. We promise to bring you bi-monthly newsletter updates starting from this 1st edition! 👉bit.ly/3b3WOll Read | Retweet |Comment | Like 🇲🇱 🇸🇱 🇳🇬 🇬🇭 🇧🇫 🇳🇪 🇱🇷

Pedro Arrojo Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur and 4 others

ONGAWA

@ongawa4d

Jun 2

Nuestro último informe pretende arrojar algo de luz sobre los principales retos a los que se enfrenta el saneamiento rural desde una perspectiva de los derechos humanos. #DerechoAlSaneamiento 📥Puedes encontrar y descargar el informe aquí👇 ongawa.org/saneamiento-ru

Equality for sanitation workers is key to transforming waste into Brown Gold

Dr Amita Bhakta

@amita_bhakta

May 20

We urgently need to expand the concept of equity and inclusion in #WASH to include sanitation workers. My new blog for

@BrownGold_GCRF

@IDS_UK

discusses how we can support sanitation workers to realise their rights fully

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By Dr Amita Bhakta

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sanitationlearninghub.org

May 18

Without major changes in policy and discriminatory attitudes, Travellers in the UK will continue to struggle to access toilets and washing facilities. In case you missed it - blog by

@ReganEminson

👇 #WASHTwitter

@APPGGTR

Human rights, discrimination and sanitation: A precarious reality for Travellers - Sanitation...

About the author: Regan John is a Masters student at the University...

Sally Cawood

@SallyCawood

May 3

🚩PhD Opportunity Alert!🚩Delighted to be advertising a fully funded PhD on sanitation work

@LancsUniLEC

. Deadline 20 May. Full details: lancaster.ac.uk/lec/graduate-s Please share!

WaterAid Global and 9 others

Apr 27

"In my own words" passes the microphone to Sanitation Workers in Battambang, Cambodia. They share their life, day to day and their work and its effect on their wellbeing and social position. Watch and share this 7' minute video summary! #SanitationWorkers youtube.com/watch?v=pVIIYw

Andrés Hueso González and 5 others

REPORT: Our member

highlights the major obstacles to realising rural communities' rights to sanitation. ongawa.org/en/rural-sanit

Indonesia, #WaktunyaCekidot !

Apr 21

Must watch! Really innovative 1 minute video to raise awareness on (safely managed) #sanitation in Indonesia, and with almost 1M views. Loving the mix of Hitchcock and ghostbusters imagery...

@UNICEFIndonesia

youtube.com

Anak-anak Indonesia #DihantuiTai. Lebih dari 60% air tanah di Indonesia telah terkontaminasi oleh tinja, termasuk di kota-kota besar. Hal tersebut dapat memb...

#SanitationWorkers #Sanitation #Christians #Minorities #Pakistan

Asif Aqeel

@asifaqeel

Apr 1

Yet another sanitation worker, Shaukat Masih (Messiah), a father of 3, dies in Pakistan during work while saving his coworkers

@janfigel

twitter.com/sewperheroes/s

@EndWaterPoverty

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Bezwada Wilson

@BezwadaWilson

Mar 30

Sewers are fast becoming death pits! 14 Indian citizens have died inside sewers in last three days in four states, but criminal silence of people in power prevails. Parliament and state assemblies, all in session but not even a single voice raised! #stopkillingus #sewerdeaths

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Mar 3

Great opportunity to join

@wateraid

's policy team as SPA governance!

jobs.wateraid.org

Jobs at WaterAid

Andrés Hueso González and 8 others

is further strengthening its work on #sanitationworkers. Key themes include social protection, health, and safety, livelihoods. We are looking for someone to help us develop this extremely challenging work area. Apply here: bit.ly/3GJzKT1 #careers