This paper considers the concept of gender in the context of water supply, sanitation and hygiene development.
Title | Gender and development approach to water, sanitation and hygiene programmes |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 1999 |
Authors | Coates, S |
Pagination | 20 p. : boxes, 3 tab. |
Date Published | 1999-01-01 |
Publisher | Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University of Technology, WEDC |
Place Published | Loughborough, UK |
Keywords | development cooperation, gender, health education, institutional aspects, organizational levels, sanitation, sdigen, water supply |
Abstract |
This paper considers the concept of gender in the context of water supply, sanitation and hygiene development. It starts out with a discussion of the location of gender in the broader framework of international development thinking, practice and policy approaches. The paper then focuses on gender issues in relation to water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion, and considers the institutional and organisational issues involved in mainstreaming gender. The paper outlines the core issue that in developing countries, gender roles determine the access to power and control that men and women have over adequate water supplies, sanitation facilities and hygiene. These roles have a direct effect on communities, households and individuals, in particular women and children. |
Notes | 19 ref. |
Custom 1 | 202.1, 302.1 |