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Want to learn more about disability-inclusive WASH in humanitarian action? Then have a look at our new training package, now available in both English and French, so you can choose the version that works best for you.
We are pleased to announce the launch of a training package on Introduction to Disability-Inclusive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Humanitarian Action, consisting of nine distinct modules! They were developed in collaboration with Inclusion Africa, German Toilet Organization, the Global WASH Cluster, Malteser International, WaterAid, and UNICEF, engaging the humanitarian expertise of UN, NGOs and Organizations of Persons with Disabilities for an interagency co-creation process. Its structure and content is complementing the DRG learning modules for face-to-face and guided online learning.
This package offers you an opportunity to deepen learnings about the rights-based approach to disability and how to apply that practically in humanitarian WASH programming. The course is relevant for WASH practitioners and programmers who want to gain additional knowledge on how to make their WASH programmes and services more inclusive of the requirements of persons with disabilities.
Content
The nine modules of this training package give humanitarians working in WASH the chance to expand your understanding and skills on:
- how disability intersects with gender and influences the exposure to heightened risks for persons with disabilities and the specific barriers they face to accessing WASH programmes and services,
- the structure of and how to use the IASC Guidelines’ WASH chapter on disability-inclusion effectively,
- how to situate disability and disability-inclusive humanitarian action within the wider humanitarian legal and policy landscape and within the WASH cluster,
- what are the four must-do actions and the twin-track approach and how both can be applied to make WASH services and programmes more inclusive of the requirements of persons with disabilities and to ensure their meaningful participation,
- what are accessibility, reasonable accommodation and universal design and how they contribute to removing barriers that hinder persons with disabilities equitable access to WASH services,
- how disability inclusion can be applied across the project cycle in WASH
- how Accountability to Affected Population can be enhanced by ensuring feedback and complaint mechanisms are free of hindering barriers,
- how to ensure inclusive community engagement in the humanitarian WASH response, as well as
- how to integrate disability inclusion into menstrual health & hygiene management in humanitarian WASH responses
Link to the Package
You can access the full training package , which includes the PowerPoint presentations, facilitation guides, videos, and group works to facilitate your own training!
The production of the training package was financially supported by the “Phase 3-Leave no one behind!” project funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.