Alexandra Conroy

Urban Development Specialist, Pacific Department, ADB

Alex has over a decade of experience in the water sector, including managing treatment plants in Singapore, supporting WASH NGOs in Africa and engaging in research work in Europe and Australia. She joined ADB in 2015, and supports the design and implementation of water supply and sanitation projects in the Pacific islands.

Clean water is not always available in the home in Papua New Guinea and other countries in Asia and the Pacific. Photo: ADB

In Papua New Guinea, hand washing can be a challenge in some communities

A lack of safe water supply in urban settlements around Asia and the Pacific complicates efforts to use improved hygiene to fight COVID-19

Edkarl Galing, Alexandra Conroy

It’s hard for Timor-Leste women to get sanitary materials because they don’t control the family income.

Menstrual hygiene is the great taboo in the Pacific

Better menstrual hygiene management is an imperative to empower women and girls in this region.

Alexandra Conroy