IRC Associate
Shiny was Programme Officer for IRC's India Country Programme. She supported programme implementation and led communications for India. She also supported the Bangladesh Country Programme. Her interests lie in working towards gender transformative change and sustainability. Shiny's prior experience has been in research on gender and equity, in informal economy and evaluations, and urban governance.
Despite reduced funding for market systems development (MSD) in sanitation, Water For People (WFP) has been able to grow and expand its approach. Read more...
Ten years after a community-led total sanitation campaign, intervention households continued to have higher rates of ever owning a latrine but... Read more...
While household toilets are necessary, they alone are not sufficient for improved sanitation. Read more...
Spreading the cost of faecal waste removal over a series of monthly payments could make it more affordable for poor households and help kick start... Read more...
A photo story about the construction of five community latrines by the HYSAWA Fund in Bangladesh. Read more...
Whilst poor design or siting of latrines or hygiene related facilities are not the root cause of violence, these issues can contribute to increased... Read more...
Providing solutions for the safe and commercially viable collection and composting of faecal sludge for use in agriculture and horticulture in... Read more...
Brings the engineer's and designer's perspectives together to make a 'beautiful latrine'. Read more...
Photo-essay written and photographed for the Asia regional sanitation and hygiene practitioners work Read more...