Women’s important role in water management, both in the household and in small-scale farming is widely recognized, yet effective implementation of methods and strategies to overcome gender-based barriers to women’s equal participation in water and sanitation projects remain elusive.
This report looks at the gender strategies, results and reporting of the eleven water and sanitation governance programmes. Through extensive reviews of project documentation, personal communication and interviews with programme staff this report provides insights on gender mainstreaming in programming with the aim of helping future water and sanitation projects to achieve more sustainable results and greater effects on gender equality.