Announcements
Announcements
As part of the REACH project, the EWI tool is being tested in Asia and Africa with pilot studies completed in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Stakeholders in the WASH sector met in Accra to discuss the findings from the case study in the Asutifi North District in Ghana.
Mr Elijah Bisung, lead researcher of the REACH project, stated that although women were responsible for collecting and managing water, they are not usually involved in the decision making about investing in water access or sanitation and hygiene infrastructure.
The case study from Ghana confirmed that women had less influence in decision making processes around household expenditure for water and also made less inputs in decisions about water management and community WASH activities. There were also less women in leadership in WASH planning and implementation at the community level.
Dr Sarah Dickin, Research Fellow at SEI, stated that prior to the development of the Empowerment in WASH Index, there was no tool to measure who was being left behind in terms of access to WASH services.
SEI brief / This brief looks at water security risks in Burkina Faso through a gender lens, providing insights on how gendered norms produce differentiated risks.
Perspective / A new tool – the WASH Insecurity Scale – reveals detailed patterns of WASH inequality in an African informal settlement.
Perspective / Sarah Dickin introduces a research project that hopes to develop an index of empowerment to use in water and sanitation interventions.
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