Gender equality in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2016, para. 74
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A recent study underscored that gender-differentiated patterns are not the same everywhere and reinforced the importance of context for understanding the gender dimensions of access and experience. The quantity and quality of sex-disaggregated data at the micro level are considered to be better than those of data at the global level. It is therefore important that measuring progress in the rights to water and sanitation and gender equality is not based on global monitoring and on the use of quantitative data only. Context-specific studies and monitoring that capture the intersection of gender inequalities in the enjoyment of other human rights are key to understanding and developing improved policy responses.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation