Violence, gender and WASH. A practictioners toolkit

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This toolkit has been developed in response to an acknowledgement that although the lack of access to appropriate sanitation, hygiene and water services is not the root cause of violence, it can lead to increased vulnerabilities to violence of varying forms. Incidences have been reported from a wide range of contexts, often anecdotally but with regular occurrence, with a number of targeted studies confirming the same. By recognising both the risks of violence associated with WASH and the potential benefits of WASH it is hoped that the toolkit can shine a light on this problem and encourage practitioners to recognise their capacity to make WASH safer and more effective.