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Turning Challenges into Opportunities Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability in WASH
- 1. Turning Challenges intoOpportunities: Equity, Inclusion, and Sustainability in WASH Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Conference line: +1 (712) 432-0900 Passcode: 663392#
- 2. Jackie Powell Aguapara la Salud WASH Advocates
- 3. Presented by JackiePowell Agua para la Salud
- 4. WHO ARE THEPOOREST OF THE POOR? • World Bank’s Answer: less than $1/day • Doesn’t account for: • education • health • access to infrastructure • vulnerability • social exclusion • access to social capital
- 5. AGUA PARA LASALUD NEBAJ, EL QUICHE, GUATEMALA • Indigenous Ixil • Subsistance maize farmers • Post-conflict communities
- 6. GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICALCONTEXT • Nebaj --- “land of the springs” • Anti-subversive strategies destroyed water systems in the 1980s • No infrastructure but lots of water
- 7. SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Circuit Riders •Organize • Educate • Execute • Follow-up
- 8. EMERGING SOLUTIONS • Local Government’s Role • Community Associations
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- 10. Eric Stowe achild’s right
- 24. Gretchen Wallace Global Grassroots
- 25. WASH Sustainable WebinarSeries
- 26. Women travel on average10-15 km / 6-9 miles daily, spending 8+ hours collecting water.
- 27. Girls less than15 years old are 2 times more likely than boys to collect water.
- 28. Lack of safe sanitationfacilities at schools for girls during menstruation leads girls to skip school, leading to higher drop-out rates
- 29. Gender Inequality inWASH Initiatives Women travel 10-15 km / 6-9 mi daily, spending 8+ hrs collecting water Women represent more than one half of those with no access to safe water Girls less than 15 yrs old are 2 x more likely than boys to collect water Lack of sanitation facilities at schools for girls during menstruation leads to missing class and dropping out Water collection is source of opportunistic sexual violence, a trigger for domestic violence and opportunity for sexual exploitation of the vulnerable unable to collect Water-borne disease contributes to infant and maternal mortality rates Women-lead fewer WASH initiatives than men
- 30. Social Impact onWomen & Girls Mothers choose Girls’ responsibility to send girls for for water collection water instead of and no sanitation school facilities at school Persistence of poverty, violence and Girls miss class and sexual exploitation. are more likely to Higher infant and drop out of school maternal mortality rates Higher risk of Vulnerability of teenage adult women with pregnancy and the responsibility continued of water collection poverty
- 31. WASH initiatives provide womena sustainable source of income
- 32. Women become community leaders and iterativelysolve problems or teach others.
- 33. Advantages of Women-led WASH Initiatives Women have knowledge of location, reliability, seasonality and quality of local water sources Women are responsible for hygiene in the home Women with more time can pursue other economic initiatives WASH initiatives provide women a sustainable source of income Women will protect access for the most vulnerable Girls with access to sanitation facilities complete more education Women use water access locations as educational and social service intervention points Women become community leaders, iteratively solve problems & teach others Every $1 invested in WASH yields an economic return of $3 -$34 (WHO)
- 34. Policy Changes MDGs:Make explicit the critical link between women’s rights, wellbeing and opportunity and their access to water and sanitation facilities. UNWomen: Consider women’s access to clean water a critical human right that can serve as a potent lever for advancing women’s well-being on many other levels. Global NGOs and Environmental Agencies: Do not ignore the vested interests of women, and the knowledge base they represent. National policy: Set goals for gender equity in the design, management, investment and innovation around access, movement, utilization, conservation and treatment of water.
- 35. Gender Mainstreaming: Consideration& Inclusion of Women Consider different needs of and impact on women and men Seek gender cooperation, inclusion and fairness Eliminate poor and gender inequity in access by targeting low income areas, addressing technical and financial barriers, collaboration between utilities, CBOs, NGOs Guarantee equal opportunity for employment, capacity training, educational outreach, decision-making and management of WASH systems Ensure women and girls benefit economically Consider gender in evaluation processes, use sex disaggregrated monitoring data and disseminate to women
- 36. Engagement & Sustainability: Let Women Lead Use participatory development processes to engage women and girls separately to discuss local WASH issues and priorities Engage women & girls in issue diagnosis and solution development Provide WASH education and capacity building for self-selected groups of women change agents Make financial capital available as grants or partial microfinance Support women and girls in developing culturally appropriate evaluation metrics and carrying out impact assessments Incorporate metrics that measure other social impacts on women and girls such as violence, safety, education and economics Encourage use of water access points as educational and social service intervention points Build networks for mentorship & exchange, partnerships between local government, NGOs, private sector and local groups
- 38. Photo by LayaMadsen www.globalgrassroots.org
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Editor's Notes
- #6 Why are we choosing to work with this populations? Because no one else is Aren't being reached by the government
- #7 Obstacles with working with these populations:Hard to get toHard to ID leadership in a very indigenous population
- #8 Organize: meet with water committee, trouble-shoot issue, suggest and discuss solutionsEducate: water committee communicates plan with communityopportunity to train local masons to increase economic opportunities in the community and have future maintenance issues more quickly addressedduring the project the circuit rider presents topics to entire community: infrastructure process, contamination, health repercussions and preventions, and general maintenance and conservation of WASH systemsTrain water committee to read meters, maintain records, and collect water feesExecute: lack of funding means community provides all labor, room and board for trained masonsthe water committee also organizes this labor schedule according to norms in the communityFollow-up: The circuit rider and water committees stay in contact for any future needs or concerns
- #9 Lack of local government support---especially difficult in Nebaj. Issues to iron out in the Association: too many players, no initial funding. However large numbers of people does create a space for requesting government support. CGAP: consultative group to assist the poorBrac: