WASH Gender Indicators
Rosemary Rop
Water and Sanitation Specialist, WSP Af
Stockholm Water Week 2012
Purpose of Presentation
To describe key indicators for gender in WASH in reference to AMCOWs Gender Management
Framework
Presentation Outline
• Indicators for enabling environment, processes /action plans, mechanisms, and institutions
• Opportunities moving forward
Enabling Environment
Context
Peru, Towns of 2,000 – 30,000
Local governments, weak water management , deteriorating infrastructure, and poor communication with stakeholders
Indicators
Law of equal Opportunity, 2007
Partnership between municipality, PO and community board
50: 50 gender balanced community oversight board; transparent elections, responsive communication
Competitively appointed Private Operator
Tariff setting through separate male – female consultation and consensus
Water for multiple uses
Processes and Mechanisms
Context
Indonesia, Urban sanitation at city and community levels
Sanitation sector development program
Indicators
Targeted stakeholder gender training
Separate male female planning sessions on strategy, technical options, costs
Cooperation and equal participation in planning and implementation
Processes and mechanisms
Context
Senegal, rural hand washing with soap initiative
Traditional practice, focus on women and they were employed as hygiene relays
Indicators
Field Monitoring and discussion on strategies for scaling up
Understood that men allocate resources and play role as models
Lesson on importance of engaging men at the start of behavior initiative
Project now incorporates men as target audience; improved impacts
Institutions and Human Resources
Context
Uganda, Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE)
Water Sector Gender Strategy I & II based on National gender policy
Goal to empower men, women and vulnerable groups for equity in access and control of water resources
Indicators
2003 MWE Institutional review considered gender strategy goals
Assistant Commissioner appointed overall gender focal point (GFP), part of ToR
Staff with gender competencies hired into each sub sector department
Review also resulted in increased women's rep to 18% in senior management compared to before review
Gender Management System for WSS
Enabling Environment: policies, resources, inclusion of women and civic groups
Processes: develop and implement gender action plans
Mechanisms: awareness levers (training, M&E), incentive and boundary levers (performance contracting, accountability)
Institutions and HR: Lead agency, working groups, gender focal points
Enabling Environment
Mechanisms
Institutions and Human resources
Processes
What are the opportunities?
• Regional M&E framework to facilitate awareness of indicators and focus to gender targets
• South – South exchange and benchmarking of AMCOW 7 point strategy
• Research to provide evidence based responses
• Gender working groups and virtual community of practice;
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