Barbara Frost

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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Instigating change for disability in development

Instigating change for disability in development

almost 12 years ago // Contributor: Barbara Frost

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.

Water: The means to end poverty

Water: The means to end poverty

over 13 years ago // Rio+Solutions

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.