Documents
Documents and publications on gender published by or together with other organisations.
Gender perspectives in sanitation and hygiene
08 Aug 11
In 2009 gender specialists were asked to review the current Indonesia Sanitation Sector Development Program (ISSDP) activities. On the basis of these findings a gender strategy was developed for inclusion in the sanitation awareness campaigns and city sanitation strategies in Indonesia.
Making sanitation and hygiene services more gender equitable and fairer to the poor
04 Jun 09
City sanitation strategy planning in Indonesia focuses on equal involvement of women and men in all sanitation services. In the six cities taking part in an ISSDP programme poor women, men and children work in the informal sector for solid waste collection, segregation and recycling, as labourer and some as entrepreneurs. The work is an important source of income for poor families and helps reduce poverty.
Read more or download ISSDP Factsheet 7 Gender and Poverty Inclusive CSS.pdf (441.4 kB)
Summary paper on gender, water and sanitation
02 Apr 09
This summary paper gives a short overview of why gender-disaggregated data for water and sanitation are needed. It also states that data gathering needs to be improved and lists a number of recommendations on how to move forward.
GenderDataSanitation_Sum.pdf (2.9 MB)
Gender disaggregated data on water and sanitation
02 Apr 09
An expert meeting on gender disaggregated data in the watsan sector, in which IRC's Christine Sijbesma participated, was held in December 2008. This meeting had several main goals, namely to take stock of gender-disaggregated data on water and sanitation at global and regional levels, to identify obstacles to gender-disaggregated data capacity and collection and to identify data needs and priorities. Finally, recommendations were made on policies, practices and priorities to improve the state of gender-disaggregated data on water and sanitation. The final report of this meeting is available in the PDF.
0903 EGM Report.pdf (1.0 MB)
