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Women in Nairobi's Informal Settlements Demand Gender-Specific Solutions for Sanitation.

Development in Practice
Not just any toilet – women’s solutions to sanitation in informal settlements in Nairobi
Samantha C. Winter, Francis Barchi, Millicent Ningoma Dzombo

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