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![Khing khing mya Marma from Our Lives, Our Health, Our Futures programme Bangladesh](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/311ed25050-1659602125/khing-khing-mya-marma-olhf-bangladesh-landscape-khing-khing1-396x162-crop-50-50.jpg)
Empower Indigenous women, strengthen communities
09.08.22 Amsterdam
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Connect4WASH: Setting the pace for Simavis' new Strategy
16.05.22 Kenya
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![Saraswati Giri in her kitchen garden](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/63beb223e6-1651503996/saraswati-giri-in-her-kitchen-garden-asha-nepal-396x162-crop-40-21.jpg)
How kitchen gardens turn women into leaders
For Saraswati Giri the future looks brighter. Upon following a special kitchen garden training, she started her own garden, where she cultivates organic green vegetables.
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New strategy for Simavi is driven by climate change
22.03.22 Amsterdam
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Simavi appoints Dieneke van der Wijk as new managing director
15.03.22 Amsterdam
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![Radhika Tharu using hand-wash provision installed by Simavi in Naubast Health Post, Kohalpur, Nepal](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/3f19f172ea-1646317764/radhika-tharu-wash-sdg-kohalpur-nepal-pramin-manandhar-4654-396x162-crop-68-21.jpg)
WASH SDG programme: where are we now?
07.03.22 Amsterdam
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![Twee vrouwen worden geinterviewd voor de radioshow Samudayik Awaaz in Nepal](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/45f2713743-1644405671/samudayik-awaaz-wash-sdg-nepal-396x162-crop-50-50.jpg)
Samudayik Awaaz: Voices of Nepal, an evidence-based advocacy campaign
14.02.22 Nepal
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Women empower women: these young indigenous women are ready to change to world
09.08.21 Amsterdam
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Vice Versa: Taking the measure of Ariette Brouwer
29.07.21 Amsterdam
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Jane Nyamwamu about the impact of the Water Justice Fund: 'Women can do magic'
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