Ebbs and Flows : Analyzing Gender and Social Inclusion Issues in India’s Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector
Cities in the developing world are witnessing unprecedented growth rates. It is expected that 70 percent of the global population will live in cities by 2050. In urban areas, as in rural areas, women and girls are often the primary users, providers...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652801504593787816/Ebbs-and-flows-analyzing-gender-and-social-inclusion-issues-in-India-s-urban-water-supply-and-sanitation-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28487 |
| Summary: | Cities in the developing world are
witnessing unprecedented growth rates. It is expected that
70 percent of the global population will live in cities by
2050. In urban areas, as in rural areas, women and girls are
often the primary users, providers, and managers of water in
their household, and are the guardians of household hygiene
and health. In spaces of urban poverty, such as slums, women
and girls experience multiple deprivations that arise from
insecurity of land tenure, informal access mechanisms, over-
crowding, and the various stresses of urban life. The water
supply and sanitation sector, is the juncture at which
broader goals of poverty alleviation, social development,
gender equality, and sustainable urban development converge.
How issues of gender and urban poverty can be addressed
comprehensively in the design and implementation of urban
water supply and sanitation (UWSS) programs is not yet well
understood. In order to address these gaps in knowledge, the
World Bank commissioned a study to analyze UWSS issues among
the urban poor through a gender and social exclusion lens.
Using India, with its burgeoning population and growing
number of urban poor, as the context, this study assesses
how women, girls, and socially excluded groups are impacted
by poor access to water supply and sanitation and how they
can be engaged in the design and management of water supply
and sanitation programs. It is expected that the findings
from this study will inform Government of India’s policies
in this sector and assist in the design of future World
Bank-supported UWSS projects. |
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