Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH)
There is a growing focus on gender-sensitive approaches and women’s empowerment in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. At the same time, there is a lack of metrics to measure women’s empowerment in the WASH sector. Such metrics are important for understanding the types of programmatic interv...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Heckert, Jessica Raghunathan, Kalyani Myers, Emily Ramani, Gayathri V. Faas, Simone Ferguson, Nathaniel Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Paz, Florencia Chiwasa, Febbie Chilalika, Joan Kamwaba-Mtethiwa, Jean Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Simkoko, Abigail Chilungo, Abdallah Upadhyaya, Rachana Pradhan, Meeta S. Joshi, Nira Shrestha, Sanish |
| author_browse | Chilalika, Joan Chilungo, Abdallah Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Chiwasa, Febbie Faas, Simone Ferguson, Nathaniel Heckert, Jessica Joshi, Nira Kamwaba-Mtethiwa, Jean Malapit, Hazel J. Myers, Emily Paz, Florencia Pradhan, Meeta S. Raghunathan, Kalyani Ramani, Gayathri V. Seymour, Greg Shrestha, Sanish Simkoko, Abigail Upadhyaya, Rachana |
| author_facet | Heckert, Jessica Raghunathan, Kalyani Myers, Emily Ramani, Gayathri V. Faas, Simone Ferguson, Nathaniel Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Paz, Florencia Chiwasa, Febbie Chilalika, Joan Kamwaba-Mtethiwa, Jean Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Simkoko, Abigail Chilungo, Abdallah Upadhyaya, Rachana Pradhan, Meeta S. Joshi, Nira Shrestha, Sanish |
| author_sort | Heckert, Jessica |
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| description | There is a growing focus on gender-sensitive approaches and women’s empowerment in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. At the same time, there is a lack of metrics to measure women’s empowerment in the WASH sector. Such metrics are important for understanding the types of programmatic interventions that are most needed for addressing women’s empowerment, as well as for assessing their impacts on women’s empowerment. In this report, we describe the development of a Women’s Empowerment metrics for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH). We collected data from individual women and men in 812 households in Malawi and 826 households in Nepal. Using the data, we develop 14 indicators and establish cutoff thresholds (i.e., whether the individual is empowered) in the areas of intrinsic, instrumental, and collective agency in WASH; instrumental and intrinsic agency in menstrual hygiene management; and the empowerment environment (or resources for empowerment). In each country, we observe differences in empowerment levels between women and men, that favor men on most outcomes. Notably, in both countries, we find that women are much less likely than men to contribute to WASH infrastructure decisions, and most women are spending an undue amount of time contributing to WASH-related labor. In Nepal especially, agency related to menstrual hygiene management is also a substantial area of disempowerment for women. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1403242025-12-02T21:03:03Z Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) Heckert, Jessica Raghunathan, Kalyani Myers, Emily Ramani, Gayathri V. Faas, Simone Ferguson, Nathaniel Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Paz, Florencia Chiwasa, Febbie Chilalika, Joan Kamwaba-Mtethiwa, Jean Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Simkoko, Abigail Chilungo, Abdallah Upadhyaya, Rachana Pradhan, Meeta S. Joshi, Nira Shrestha, Sanish women's empowerment gender water capacity development hygiene infrastructure men women There is a growing focus on gender-sensitive approaches and women’s empowerment in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. At the same time, there is a lack of metrics to measure women’s empowerment in the WASH sector. Such metrics are important for understanding the types of programmatic interventions that are most needed for addressing women’s empowerment, as well as for assessing their impacts on women’s empowerment. In this report, we describe the development of a Women’s Empowerment metrics for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH). We collected data from individual women and men in 812 households in Malawi and 826 households in Nepal. Using the data, we develop 14 indicators and establish cutoff thresholds (i.e., whether the individual is empowered) in the areas of intrinsic, instrumental, and collective agency in WASH; instrumental and intrinsic agency in menstrual hygiene management; and the empowerment environment (or resources for empowerment). In each country, we observe differences in empowerment levels between women and men, that favor men on most outcomes. Notably, in both countries, we find that women are much less likely than men to contribute to WASH infrastructure decisions, and most women are spending an undue amount of time contributing to WASH-related labor. In Nepal especially, agency related to menstrual hygiene management is also a substantial area of disempowerment for women. 2023-12-01 2024-03-14T12:09:19Z 2024-03-14T12:09:19Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140324 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Heckert, Jessica; Raghunathan, Kalyani; Myers, Emily; Ramani, Gayathri V.; Faas, Simone; Ferguson, Nathaniel; et al. 2023. Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH). IFPRI Discussion Paper 2207. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137008. |
| spellingShingle | women's empowerment gender water capacity development hygiene infrastructure men women Heckert, Jessica Raghunathan, Kalyani Myers, Emily Ramani, Gayathri V. Faas, Simone Ferguson, Nathaniel Seymour, Greg Malapit, Hazel J. Paz, Florencia Chiwasa, Febbie Chilalika, Joan Kamwaba-Mtethiwa, Jean Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Simkoko, Abigail Chilungo, Abdallah Upadhyaya, Rachana Pradhan, Meeta S. Joshi, Nira Shrestha, Sanish Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) |
| title | Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) |
| title_full | Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) |
| title_fullStr | Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) |
| title_short | Development of a Women’s Empowerment metric for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WE-WASH) |
| title_sort | development of a women s empowerment metric for water sanitation and hygiene we wash |
| topic | women's empowerment gender water capacity development hygiene infrastructure men women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140324 |
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