The integration of sanitation as a human right in national policies and strategies can improve access to sanitation in rural areas, in particular for the country's most socially and geographically marginalised group: Burkina Faso's women living in rural areas.
Title | Integrating the human right to sanitation in Burkina Faso : improving women’s access to sanitation in Burkina Faso’s rural areas |
Publication Type | Research Report |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Flores, C |
Pagination | 28 p. |
Date Published | 04/2015 |
Publisher | IRC |
Place Published | The Hague, The Netherlands |
Publication Language | English |
Abstract | In present-day Burkina Faso, there is an immense backlog in sanitation services in rural areas. One of the main consequences is the absence of latrines at the household level, resulting in a situation in which the great majority of the country's rural population resorts to open defecation on a daily basis. In the quest towards achieving universal and sustainable sanitation services for all, this qualitative research explores how the integration of sanitation as a human right in national policies and strategies can improve access to sanitation in rural areas, in particular for the country's most socially and geographically marginalised group: Burkina Faso's women living in rural areas. |
Notes | Includes 54 ref. |
Citation Key | 79337 |