Women, WaSH, and the Water for Life Decade: An emerging framework for success post-2015
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2015
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Schuster-Wallace, Corinne
Cave, Kate
Bouman-Dentener, Alice
Holle, Frederique
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United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and the Women for Water Partnership
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Where women are given a voice, they are very strong advocates for the sustainable use, equitable provision and the importance of good quality water associated with sanitation and hygiene practices. Evidence shows that meaningful involvement of women in water resources development, management and use can lead to the design of effective new solutions to water problems, help governments avoid poor investments and expensive mistakes, make projects more sustainable, ensure that infrastructure development yields the maximum social and economic returns, and further development goals. Furthermore, being rooted in society, women’s civil society organisations, when properly empowered and facilitated, have the potential to engage their communities and create the commitment and local ownership that is needed to develop and upscale successful community interventions.
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women, water, sanitation, hygiene, WaSH
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Schuster-Wallace C.J., Cave K., Bouman-Dentener A. and Holle F. 2015. Women, WaSH, and the Water for Life Decade. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and the Women for Water Partnership.
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Schuster-Wallace C.J., Cave K., Bouman-Dentener A. and Holle F. 2015. Women, WaSH, and the Water for Life Decade. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and the Women for Water Partnership.