Get ready for human rights work. With Malesi Shivaji and Bikash Pati.

In this episode of #MRRtalk, we will explore different strategies that civil society organisations are using to push government institutions to realise water and sanitation services for all.

Spotlight on strategies with Partha Sarathi Kuntal and Alana Potter

Your questions answered with Mova and Hannah

Recently, countries recognised the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. In this MRR talk, we explored the relevance of this human right for the WASH sector. Our guests Sushmita Mandal and Maria Sapatu-Kennar shared their knowledge on the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, and the role of civil society in finding solutions. We talked about the use of local knowledge to understand and possibly address effects of climate change and environmental degradation. Moderator Hannah Neumeyer shed light on the legal aspects of a healthy environment as a human right.

A healthy environment as a human right - what difference does it make?

MRR talk episode 6: Working on the long fame. Understanding & addressing root causes for the lack of services in informal settlements

Working on the long game

Understanding the human rights implications for the financing of water and sanitation:
This MRR talk will shed light on how governments and other stakeholders can integrate the human rights principle of ‘maximum available resources’ into their financing strategies to increase the availability of resources for water, sanitation and hygiene, particularly for the poorest and most marginalised individuals and groups.

Our guest: Jacqueline Cuyler (she/her) and Benazir Omotto (she/her)

Where human rights and finance meet

To date, systems strengthening and human rights-based approaches mostly exist alongside each other. Often the language of human rights or systems is used loosely by practitioners and researchers alike, without the accompanying depth of knowledge on the nuances of each area.

This MRR talk will shed light on the two concepts and explore how they establish two different entry points to the change we all want to see.

Moreover, how can the legal obligations, criteria and principles of equality and non-discrimination, accountability, participation, access to information and sustainability that come with human rights be used to address challenges in WASH systems?

Conversely, what opportunities for the practical realisation of rights on the ground arise through the analysis of actors, factors and institutions that systems strengthening engages in as a practical tool?

A perfect match: How to combine human rights and system strengthening approaches

During this talk, we will discuss monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approaches for assessing progress on the HRWS in WASH programs. We will answer questions such as: how do you measure the impact of implementing the MRR approach? How do you know when there has been a shift in mindset? And how can you know if these changes are due to your program?

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