Gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2016, para. 73
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- A project on gender-sensitive water monitoring, assessment and reporting that included several toolkits was initiated in the context of the World Water Assessment Programme. The toolkits show the difficulties inherent in using quantitative methods to capture the nuances of gendered power relations and the socioeconomic processes that create or sustain gender inequalities in access to water and sanitation. They also underscore that some women may attend meetings because regulations on participation tell them to do so but that cultural norms may keep them from speaking up or being listened to. It may therefore be useful to integrate quantitative data with qualitative methods, for meaning and interpretation. On the basis of the findings of qualitative surveys, other quantitative indicators can be developed to fill the gap left by previous indicators. Counting the number of heads at meetings may then be accompanied with indicators that include the number of contributions made in meetings by women and men and the percentage of decisions on water and sanitation adopted on the basis of those contributions.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 73
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