posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08authored byShipra Saxena, Chandra Ganapathy
The world and its governments have committed to halve the proportion of population who do not have access to safe
sanitation by 2010 and yet in their plans and strategies women do not find the rightful positions in leadership and decision
making. Woman’s role as user and motivator has been well recognized and to some extent exploited, but the core problems
which are causes or effects blocking women’s access to sanitation could better be addressed if there is sensitive leadership
which can sense and address the issues. The village level committees are structured to have appropriate representation
for women yet when it comes to women’s role in high level decision making bodies it is still a long way to go in terms of
representation and participation. This paper highlights the status of women vis-à-vis sanitation and analyses with reference
to best practices these challenges can be overcome with women leadership.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC Conference
Citation
SAXENA, S. and GANAPATHY, C., 2006. India - women the forgotten half and sanitation still elusive. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, pp. 60-63.
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