Growing public awareness of unjust systems has led to calls for anti-colonialist and anti-racist initiatives within development. This study examined the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector, centering on the perspectives of researchers from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to catalyze collective action in a sub-sector of global health where such action is feasible. Nineteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with researchers of varied backgrounds about their experiences and observations of discrimination across various stages of the research process. Five interviews were conducted with key WASH research funders to assess perceptions of major obstacles faced by LMIC researchers, as well as successes achieved, and challenges faced by their organizations in working toward more equitable research within the WASH sector. The findings were discussed, and priority actions identified at two large international WASH conferences.
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