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Barbara Frost

Barbara Frost is the chief executive of WaterAid, a U.K.-based organization working to provide safe drinking water, and improve hygiene and sanitation in 27 countries. Prior to WaterAid, Barbara was chief executive of Action on Disability and Development. She previously worked for various international NGOs such as ActionAid, Save the Children and Oxfam Australia.

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Contributor: Barbara Frost
Contributor: Barbara Frost
Instigating change for disability in development
31 Jan 2014
What is the cost of inaction for the world’s 1 billion disabled people? Just days before the third and final International Development Select Committee hearing on disability, WaterAid Chief Executive Barbara Frost urges the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development to implement “inclusive design” in all its projects, making the case for low-cost, low-tech solutions.
Rio+Solutions
Rio+Solutions
Water: The means to end poverty
17 May 2012
Universal access to water and sanitation is a discernible reality, writes Barbara Frost, chief executive of WaterAid, in an exclusive guest opinion as part of Rio+Solutions. Water is fundamental to human progress, and it plays a critically important role in food security, economic growth, resource scarcity and climate change.
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