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Closing the Gender Gap in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Author: Kate Denman & Leigh-Ashely Lipscom
Year: 2020
Publisher: International Organization for Migration
This programme guide is intended to support humanitarian staff primarily working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in South Sudan to actively prepare and encourage more women to enter the WASH sector at all levels – community, technical and leadership. The recommendations, checklists and matrixes contain information about how to break down the current barriers and create, and maintain, an enabling environment for women’s participation and leadership.
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