Title | Closing the gender gap : Punjab water supply and sanitation project |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Authors | Manila, PHAsian Deve |
Secondary Title | Water for all : good practice paper / ADB |
Pagination | 4 p. : 2 boxes, 3 tab. |
Date Published | 2007-01-01 |
Publisher | Asian Development Bank |
Place Published | Manila, Philippines |
Keywords | case studies, gender, pakistan punjab, policies, projects, sanitation, sdiasi, sdigen, water supply |
Abstract | This paper shows how in a project in the Punjab, Pakistan, female beneficiaries were changed into change agents. The paper summarises the planning, design, and implementation of gender-specific components that made the water supply project a success. The benefits that the women obtained, and passed on to their households and communities, were not just project bi-products, they were carefully planned and designed. The project took special consideration of the fact that water collection in these communities is considered women's work. Three ADB-developed tools were used to identify and address gender issues in the project cycle: 1) Gender analysis, a systematic assessment of the potential impact of the proposed project on both women and men and the social and economic relations between them; 2) Policy dialogue: discussions with government agencies and the project's executing agency, ongoing throughout the project cycle. 3) Project design: project components that are designed based on gender analysis and to specifically benefit women. |
Custom 1 | 822, 202.1, 302.1 |