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Linking Social Protection and Water Security to Empower Women and Girls
Assignment
September 25, 2020

Water insecurity is a significant, heavily gendered, and growing driver of poverty, vulnerability and risk. This paper explores the linkages between the social protection, water and gender sectors. It examines the ways in which water insecurity restricts female participation in social protection (and related education and employment opportunities) and undermines social protection efforts to promote… Read more

Climate Change, Social Protection, Urbanisation, water security
Gender
Social Protection
Water and Sanitation
Increasing sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Annual Review 2018
Assignment
September 27, 2018

This annual review assesses the outputs of the Increasing sustainable access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) programme, and how they contribute to expected outcomes and their sustainability. The review also includes updated recommendations for improving integration of gender into WASH programming and assesses the implementation of the… Read more

annual review, Community Empowerment, DRC, gender and WASH, Hygiene, Sanitation, Water Services
Water and Sanitation
Scoping Urban Sanitation Services in Three Countries
Document Library
September 18, 2017

In early 2017, WSUP commissioned a situation analysis of urban sanitation services in Bangladesh, Ghana and Kenya, in order to identify potential research areas as part of the DFID-funded Urban Sanitation Research Initiative. Here, Goufrane Mansour (Aguaconsult, lead expert for the study) and Sam Drabble (WSUP, Research and Evaluation Manager) reflect on common findings across the three… Read more

Sustainable Development Goals, Water Policy
Water and Sanitation
Sustainability Assessment of Rural Water Service Delivery Models: Findings of a Multi-Country Review
Document Library
September 18, 2017

This policy brief summarizes the key findings from a multi-country sustainability assessment of rural water service delivery models conducted in 2016–17. This assessment used a case-study approach to identify good practices and challenges towards building sector capacity and strengthening sustainable service delivery models for rural areas. It does not focus on the critical planning, design, and… Read more

Sustainable Development Goals, Water Policy
Water and Sanitation
Sustainability Assessment of Rural Water Service Delivery Models: Findings of a Multi-Country Review
Document Library
September 18, 2017

With 2.1 billion people – mostly in rural areas – lacking safely managed drinking water and reported low rural water supply functionality rates, the Sustainable Development Goals pose a triple challenge: to reach unserved mostly rural population groups, to raise service levels, and to sustain existing and future services. This assessment uses a multi-country case… Read more

WASH, Water Policy, Water Resources
Water and Sanitation
Detailed Review of a Recent Publication: Rural Water Supply Systems Cannot Succeed with Community Management Alone
Document Library
September 18, 2017

The focus of this Policy Research Digest is on the viability of community management as the predominant model – and policy approach – of many countries in the global south. Based on a review of existing and recent literature Harold Lockwood sets out the argument that while community management may not be sufficient as the predominant, or… Read more

Community Management, Water Policy
Health
Water and Sanitation
Sanitation and Education in Asia
Helpdesk Report
May 28, 2010

The multiple ways in which water, sanitation, and hygiene education in schools (WASH in Schools) contributes toward education – including attendance, retention and learning – is fairly well documented. When children have access to clean and appropriate toilets, hand washing facilities, adequate and clean water they are healthier, are more likely to attend school regularly,… Read more

Adolescent, Asia, Education, Hygiene, Sanitation, Schools, Water

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