Gender and WASH curriculum

This training curriculum supports master facilitators in WASH institutions to apply a gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) lens in their work. It offers practical guidance, tools, and approaches to help you recognise who is excluded, address gender and social inequalities, and strengthen inclusive practice across programmes, community engagement, and everyday WASH interactions.

What you will find in this curriculum

  • How unpaid WASH-related labour disproportionately falls on women, girls, and people assigned female at birth
  • The opportunity costs of water collection, cleaning, and caregiving on education, livelihoods, and leisure
  • How improved access to WASH services can support empowerment for women, queer, and trans persons
  • The links between WASH and gender, and why addressing them strengthens equity
  • Guidance for frontline workers and community leaders on integrating gender-sensitive approaches into everyday WASH interactions

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