Responding to the announcement in Vancouver from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, of a ten year annual investment of $1.4bn beginning in 2023 towards the health and rights of women, adolescents and children.
Internationally acclaimed Ethiopian artist Aida Muluneh is launching her extraordinary ‘Water Life’ photography exhibition in Vancouver this week, which takes as its inspiration the impact of water or the lack of it on women’s lives, development and futures.
From menstrual cup to cloth, menstruation skirt or homemade sanitary pad, a new photo gallery from WaterAid highlights the many and varied ways in which women around the world manage their periods.
All of us at WaterAid are saddened and worried to see the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai. Hundreds of thousands of people who were already struggling to survive have lost their homes and livelihoods and will require long-term support to recover.
