Equality In Water And Sanitation Services

Author : Oliver Cumming,Tom Slaymaker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315471525

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Equality in Water and Sanitation Services by Oliver Cumming,Tom Slaymaker Pdf

There is growing acceptance that the progress delivered under the Millennium Development Goal target for drinking water and sanitation has been inequitable. As a result, the progressive reduction of inequalities is now an explicit focus of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets, adopted in 2015, for universal access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). This shift in focus has implications for the way in which the next generation of WASH policies and programmes will be conceived, designed, financed and monitored. This book provides an authoritative textbook for students, as well as a point of reference for policy-makers and practitioners interested in reducing inequalities in access to WASH services. Four key areas are addressed: background to the human right to water and development goals; dimensions of inequality; case studies in delivering water and sanitation equitably; and monitoring progress in reducing inequality.

Author : Léo Heller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108837248

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The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation by Léo Heller Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the human rights to water and sanitation, exploring theoretical, conceptual, and practical aspects.

Author : Robert Bos
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780407432

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Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Practitioners by Robert Bos Pdf

The Manual highlights the human rights principles and criteria in relation to drinking water and sanitation. It explains the international legal obligations in terms of operational policies and practice that will support the progressive realisation of universal access. The Manual introduces a human rights perspective that will add value to informed decision making in the daily routine of operators, managers and regulators. It also encourages its readership to engage actively in national dialogues where the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation are translated into national and local policies, laws and regulations. Creating such an enabling environment is, in fact, only the first step in the process towards progressive realisation. Allocation of roles and responsibilities is the next step, in an updated institutional and operational set up that helps apply a human rights lens to the process of reviewing and revising the essential functions of operators, service providers and regulators.

Author : R.K. Mishra,Samanta Sahu
Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9788184247527

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Water Governance by R.K. Mishra,Samanta Sahu Pdf

This present volume contains 18 contributions, papers presented in four technical sessions during the national seminar on Governance and Management of water. The volume analyses the present crisis of water from different aspects and provides an opportunity to address the challenges on effective water governance and management. By focusing on different cases from around the country, the colume generates new ideas and hopes for probable of such challenges.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789292549749

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Gender Equality Results Case Study by Asian Development Bank Pdf

The Urban Water Supply and Environmental Improvement Project sought to provide basic services of water supply, sanitation, and garbage collection and disposal in four cities in Madhya Pradesh, India. Over 5.6 million people benefited from improved water supply, while half a million people benefited from an improved wastewater management system and 4.7 million people benefited from an improved solid waste management system. These changes positively impacted the lives of the local community, in particular women and girls, who are primarily responsible for water management.

Author : UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231004537

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Taking Stock of Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Water Domain by UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme Pdf

Author : Malcolm Langford,Anna F. S. Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107010703

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The Human Right to Water by Malcolm Langford,Anna F. S. Russell Pdf

The first book to engage in a comprehensive examination of the human right to water in theory and in practice.

Author : van Koppen, Barbara,Raut, Manita,Rajouria, Alok,Khadka, Manohara,Pradhan, P.,GC, R. K.,Colavito, L.,O’Hara, C.,Rautanen, S.-L.,Nepal, P. R.,Shrestha, P. K.
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789290909330

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Gender equality and social inclusion in community-led multiple use water services in Nepal by van Koppen, Barbara,Raut, Manita,Rajouria, Alok,Khadka, Manohara,Pradhan, P.,GC, R. K.,Colavito, L.,O’Hara, C.,Rautanen, S.-L.,Nepal, P. R.,Shrestha, P. K. Pdf

Author : Aruna Rao,Joanne Sandler,David Kelleher,Carol Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317437079

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Gender at Work by Aruna Rao,Joanne Sandler,David Kelleher,Carol Miller Pdf

At a time when some corporate women leaders are advocating for their aspiring sisters to ‘lean in’ for a bigger piece of the existing pie, this book puts the spotlight on the deep structures of organizational culture that hold gender inequality in place. Gender at Work: Theory and Practice for 21st Century Organizations makes a compelling case that transforming the unspoken, informal institutional norms that perpetuate gender inequality in organizations is key to achieving gender equitable outcomes for all. The book is based on the authors’ interviews with 30 leaders who broke new ground on gender equality in organizations, international case studies crafted from consultations and organizational evaluations, and lessons from nearly fifteen years of experience of Gender at Work, a learning collaborative of 30 gender equality experts. From the Dalit women’s groups in India who fought structural discrimination in the largest ‘right to work’ program in the world, to the intrepid activists who challenged the powerful members of the UN Security Council to define mass rape as a tactic of war, the trajectories and analysis in this book will inspire readers to understand and chip away at the deep structures of gender discrimination in organizational policies, practices and outcomes. Designed for practitioners, policy makers, donors, students and researchers looking at gender, development and organizational change, this book offers readers a widely tested tool of analysis – the Gender at Work Analytical Framework – to assess the often invisible structures of gender bias in organizations and to map desired strategies and change processes.

Author : Juliet Willetts,Naomi Carrard,Mohamad Mova Al'Afghani
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789063698

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Strengthening Systems and Realising Human Rights: StrateStrengthening Systems and Realising Human Rights: Strategies to Progress Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) by Juliet Willetts,Naomi Carrard,Mohamad Mova Al'Afghani Pdf

This book explores two frameworks for progressing structural change that supports safe, universal and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): systems strengthening and the human rights to water and sanitation. As such, it elaborates and defines the intersection between these two areas. Whilst inherently interconnected, the two also represent different entry points for change, with opportunity for increased intentional integration to improve progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation. Systems strengthening is widely recognised as foundational for ensuring access to sustainable, equitable WASH services in low- and middle-income countries, leaving no-one behind. Such systems comprise clear sector policy and strategy, effective institutional arrangements, sufficient sector financing, regular cycles of planning, monitoring and review and capacity development across the sector; as well as the people, interactions, power relations and behaviours that shape these elements. Equally, the human rights to water and sanitation provide numerous entry points for change, both in supporting people to claim and realise their rights and in supporting and advocating for governments at all levels to respond. Effective approaches to strengthen systems and realise the rights depend on inclusive processes that meaningfully involve people and advance equality, including gender equality. They facilitate mutual learning, capacity building and increased accountability, promote informed choice and place development in the hands of those it concerns. In Focus – a book series that showcases the latest accomplishments in water research. Each book focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts in the field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding and inspire further conversations in the sector.

Author : Sue Cavill,Jane Wilbur,Juliet Willetts
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832534151

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World Water Day 2022: importance of WASH, equal access opportunities, and WASH resilience - A social-inclusion perspective by Sue Cavill,Jane Wilbur,Juliet Willetts Pdf

Author : Hazel Jones,Bob Reed,R. A. Reed
Publisher : WEDC, Loughborough University
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781843800798

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Water and Sanitation for Disabled People and Other Vulnerable Groups by Hazel Jones,Bob Reed,R. A. Reed Pdf

The main focus of the book is on facilities for families in rural and peri-urban areas of low- and middle-income countries, but many of the approaches and solutions may also be applied in institutional settings, such as schools and hospitals and in emergency situations.

Author : Amanda M. Klasing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Drinking water
ISBN : 1623133637

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Make it Safe by Amanda M. Klasing Pdf

"The report, 'Make It Safe: Canada's Obligation to End the First Nations Water Crisis,' documents the impacts of serious and prolonged drinking water and sanitation problems for thousands of indigenous people--known as "First Nations"--living on reserves. It assesses why there are problems with safe water and sanitation on reserves, including a lack of binding water quality regulations, erratic and insufficient funding, faulty or sub-standard infrastructure, and degraded source waters. The federal government's own audits over two decades show a pattern of overpromising and underperforming on water and sanitation for reserves"--Publisher's description.

Author : Anne Hellum,Patricia Kameri-Mbote
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781779222879

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Water is Life by Anne Hellum,Patricia Kameri-Mbote Pdf

This book approached water and sanitation as an African gender and human rights issue. Empirical case studies from Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how coexisting international, national and local regulations of water and sanitation respond to the ways in which different groups of rural and urban women gain access to water for personal, domestic and livelihood purposes. The authors, who are lawyers, sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists, explore how women cope in contexts where they lack secure rights, and participation in water governance institutions, formal and informal. The research shows how women - as producers of family food - rely on water from multiple sources that are governed by community based norms and institutions which recognise the right to water for livelihood. How these common pool water resources - due to protection gaps in both international and national law - are threatened by large-scale development and commercialisation initiatives, facilitated through national permit systems, is a key concern. The studies demonstrate that existing water governance structures lack mechanisms which make them accountable to poor and vulnerable water users on the ground, most importantly women. The findings thus underscore the need to intensify measures to hold states accountable, not just in water services provision, but in assuring the basic human right to clean drinking water and sanitation; and also to protect water for livelihoods.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211047005

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Ensuring Safe Water and Sanitation for All by United Nations Publications Pdf

"Access to safe water and adequate sanitation is a basic human right. While progress has been made towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation (SDG 6), the trends and current status of access to water and sanitation provide cause for concern. There is an urgent need to devise solutions that accelerate progress and ensure that no one is left behind. Nearly every other Sustainable Development Goal relies in some way on the achievement of SDG 6. Together with good hygiene practices, for instance, it is essential for the achievement of good health and well-being (SDG 3) and gender equality (SDG 5) as well eliminating poverty (SDG 1) and reducing inequalities (SDG 10). As a determinant of success in areas including agriculture, energy, and disaster resilience, it has vast and consistently underestimated socio-economic impacts. Whilst factors including better policies and governance, increased funding, improved infrastructure, and increased data availability for better decision-making are central to resolving water and sanitation issues, there is no doubt that Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) can play a particularly significant role. Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the vital role of STI in delivering solutions to critical challenges. Countries are now more attentive to the development and deployment of new technologies and processes. New applications of existing technology and techniques have great potential to increase the efficiency of existing water and sanitation systems and to secure water and sanitation for all. STI for water has thus played a central role in discussion at recent international water policy events. It will be a key focus in the upcoming 2023 UN Water Conference and the 2022 International Water Association Congress in Copenhagen. This paper explores the role of STI as key enablers of catalytic actions toward achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation. The second chapter will discuss the progress in implementing SDG 6 and challenges in meeting its targets. The third chapter will provide an analytical framework for and examples of practical STI solutions which address issues in providing water and sanitation services. Chapter four highlights the global effort to build partnerships and cooperation in achieving SDG 6. Finally, chapter five will propose recommendations to be considered by policymakers and the international community."--