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Empowering Women through WaSH

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As a WaSH scholar at Mehran University for Engineering and Technology, Sharma’s goal is three-fold: understand the perceptions people in Pakistan have about menstruation, create research-based school curriculum about menstruation, and design and distribute a biodegradable sanitary napkin that can replace the traditional ways of managing menstruation.

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Pitch Event: Water Entrepreneurship

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Join us as this summer’s six U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water Entrepreneurship Exchange scholars pitch their projects to improve water security in Pakistan. Read more about our summer Exchange. Thursday, August 9, 2018 5:30 p.m.  The Flynn Room (6500) S.J. Quinney College of Law Building 383 S. University St. -Followed by refreshments and awards- […]

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Entrepreneurial Engineers

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originally posted in @theu on July 16, 2018 By Cecily Sakrison, communications specialist, The Water Center at the University of Utah “More confidence and better communication skills” are two things Sorth Ansari will take home with her when she heads back to Pakistan at the end of this semester. Ansari is one of six visiting […]

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Focus, Trust, Determination: What Climbing Offers Entrepreneurs

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This summer’s six Exchange scholars got a lot closer to Utah’s legendary landscapes by way of a rock climbing expedition to Big Cottonwood Canyon. For many, it was their first climbing experience. For all, it proved to be an exceptional metaphor for their water entrepreneurship training. We asked them to reflect on the outing and […]

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