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TEDxSingapore - NIkki Shaw - How building toilets is key to better lives

2,734 views · Published 22 December 2011 · 13:53 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Nikki Shaw is a water and sanitation (watsan) engineer with a passion for toilets.  With a career spanning two decades and five continents, Nikki has extensive watsan expertise in both industrial and developing countries: Rural water supply systems in Botswana, grassroots sanitation provision projects in Cambodia, to designing sewerage for Hong Kong tower blocks and Singapore MRT train systems.  She  has learned many valuable lessons and shares a surprising revelation: Safe toilets are the key to everything good.

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TEDxSingaporeWomen 2011 was TEDxSingapore's 13th event since 2009 and was a collaborative event with TEDxWomen in New York and Los Angeles and over 80 TEDx events across the globe.

Dynamic and passionate local TEDxSingaporeWomen speakers and artistes shared their ideas, talents and endeavours with Singapore and the world. These are women who challenge what you think you know with their experiences, their accomplishments and their insights. An activist on how something as basic as access to proper sanitation can change the course of a life. A martial artist on how to overcome stereotypes and live your passion - and kick butt while you're at it, and other women who are making a difference.

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