Nancy Balfour shares key findings from the research she has been leading over the past three years on the links between women empowerment and water insecurity for Kenyan pastoralist women.
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Citizen science contributes to environmental management and water security in Ethiopia
Teams at Newcastle University and IWMI share key insight from a REACH funded accelerated project they’ve led since 2017, using citizen science to improve water security through enhanced climate and hydrological monitoring.
ECR Feature | Water for all: A systems approach to improving basin-scale water resources management
In this ECR feature, Dr Feyera Hirpa shares key insights from his research on improving water resources management and basin, Ethiopia
Building capacity for climate resilient WASH
Dr Katrina Charles discusses the importance of integrating climate change within any decisions around water and sanitation for building resilience in the context of worsening climate change.
New best-practice guide to inclusive conferences launched
After organising its own inclusive conference in March 2019, REACH is releasing a practical ‘how-to’ guide to help conference organisers promote diversity of attendance and inclusivity of participation at events.
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: Improving water security for the rural poor in fragile environments
Cliff Nyaga, Research Manager for REACH in the Kitui Observatory (University of Oxford), discusses how his research aims to address the water services maintenance gap in rural Kenya.
Making small-scale irrigation work for women
A new REACH toolkit from the International Food Policy Research Institute provides guidance for policymakers and project managers involved in planning and evaluating irrigation projects to include women.
Toward a hybrid approach to water law in Africa
A new study, led by IWMI and the Pegasys Institute and funded by REACH through an Accelerated grant, explains the state of water permitting in sub-Saharan Africa and proposes a hybrid approach to water law as the way forward.
Coping with water scarcity in the Turkwel river basin, Kenya
In a recent open access paper published in the Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies by Hirpa et al., the authors examine the drivers of water scarcity in Kenya’s Turkwel river basin, and comment on the implications for water resources planning and development.
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: Understanding water-logging issues in coastal Bangladesh
Md Saif Uddin, PhD Fellow at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, discusses how his research as part of the REACH programme aims to understand and address water-logging and river sedimentation issues in coastal Bangladesh.
