Title | Women in the operation and maintenance of water supply systems in Ghana |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 1994 |
Authors | Liao, M, Rogers, L, Mahama, A, Issaka, MM |
Pagination | P. 57-64 |
Date Published | 1994-01-01 |
Keywords | community management, community participation, ghana northern ghana, maintenance, operation, projects, rural areas, undp pilot project (ghana), urban areas, water authorities, water committees, water utilization project - wup (ghana), women's work |
Abstract |
The authors have worked on several water supply and sanitation projects being implemented in northern Ghana. The approaches taken to integrate women into these projects, and the kinds of problems experienced by women as a result are highlighted in this paper. The GWSC Assistance Project (GAP) initiatives to integrate women into the community management process include: monitoring gender involvement, guaranteeing that 50 percent of Community Liaison Workers are women, providing gender analysis training, using gender sensitive male Community Liaison Workers to disseminate a positive influence, making the categories of Water and Sanitation Development Board (WSDB) membership favourable to women, enabling women to be chairmen and members of the executive committees of WSDBs, and employing a Gender Equity Advisor. However, constraints such as resistance from men, illiteracy, lack of self-confidence, the failure to reduce women's work to allow time for greater community participation, and the control of women by men still exist. |
Notes | 8 ref. |
Custom 1 | 202.1, 824 |