Different Responses, Same Old Shit

This paper highlights the reflections from Sani Tweaks, a three-year project which was designed to improve the uptake and use of emergency latrines across several contexts and countries The project covered 11 countries, both refugee and IDP camps Numerous focus groups discussions were held in countries visited (mostly focusing on women and vulnerable groups) and 21 workshops were held with field practitioners in country The outcome from the Sani Tweaks project is that there is still a huge problem with the way that latrine programmes are implemented in emergencies, meaning that 40% of women and girls are not using the emergency latrines, people feel ashamed and embarrassed by the indignity of it and in some cases the latrines add to the public health risk instead of decreasing it.