Exploring Links Between Gender Equity and Wash Sustainability and Effectiveness in Northern Ghana
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Exploring Links Between Gender Equity and Wash Sustainability and Effectiveness in Northern Ghana
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Florida International University
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Miami
Florida
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Florida International University
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English

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Ghana
Gender
Water-supply

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Water collection is a gender-biased activity, and the inability to access water tends to affect women more than it affects men (Khosla, 2004). Women and girls spend between two and eight hours per day collecting water (Khosla, 2004). The time and distance spent carrying water has multiple negative implications for women and girls. Carrying a heavy load for a long distance is hazardous to the health of pregnant and developing women according to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA, 2005). The time spent collecting water reduces the amount of time that girls spend in school and on schoolwork (Porter et al., 2011) and the reduced time spent in school and on homework affects the female literacy rate in Ghana (MWRWH, 2013). In addition, because women spend so much time collecting water, they do not have time for income generating activities (MWRWH, 2013;WaterAid, 2009). Further, inadequate sanitation facilities affect women and girls uniquely. Girls are more likely to miss school due to poor sanitation facilities on the school’s campus. Women and girls experience a higher prevalence of violence when relieving themselves at night if there is no latrine close by (UNDESA, 2005).
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This publication was funded by the people of the United States through the Agency for International Development (USAID) within the framework of the West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (USAID WA-WASH) Program. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Agency for International Development of the United States Government.
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