Reports

Guidance for practitioners, and ideas for all This Guidance Note provides activities and recommendations to WaterAid Timor-Leste for integrating considerations of climate change into its existing inclusive rural water service programming. The Guidance Note is one of…

Introduction Conceptual framework used for research There are many different ideas and practices from water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), climate change adaptation (CCA) and gender and social inclusion (GSI) academic and civil society sectors that are relevant to…

Why focus on climate change, WASH, and gender and social inclusion? Climate change is leading to water stress and insecurity, threatening the sustainability of WASH services across the Asia-Pacific. Changes in the frequency, intensity, duration, and distribution…

Context This case study is based on applied research carried out in August 2019 by ISF-UTS and YPII in Manggarai district, Flores Island, Indonesia. Manggarai is one of the two regions where YPII is working to deliver the…

Context This case study is based on applied research carried out by ISF-UTS, WaterAid Timor-Leste and Fundasaun Hafoun Timor-Lorosa’e (FHTL) in TimorLeste for four weeks in October 2019, with research activities carried out over two weeks in…

Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children in Armed Conflict to the Human Rights Council The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated children’s vulnerability to grave violations in situations of armed conflict and restricted the realization of their rights, highlighted…

Viet Nam’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Since the first case was reported on January 23, 2020, Viet Nam has more than one thousand infected cases. The Government established a National Steering Committee and 45…

Thailand’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction The first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on January 13, 2020. Daily new COVID-19 cases had been in rising then on. The situation was brought under control in July-November,…

Myanmar’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Myanmar confirmed its first two official cases of COVID-19 on 23 March 2020. On 31 March 2020, the National-level Central Committee for COVID-19 Prevention, Control and Treatment was formed…

Indonesia’s Response to COVID-19 and Disaster Risk Reduction Indonesia reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 2, 2020. The government adopted various containment measures, including temporary bans on domestic and international air and sea travel, screening…