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Pathfinder 2011: Equity and Gender
Summary
The paper begins by reviewing concepts of economic, social, spatial and political inequality and their significance to issues related to access to sanitation and hygiene services.
Drawing on discussions with SHARE collaborators and an overview of relevant literature, the review summarises some of the findings in respect of our understanding of what it takes to provide equitable access. The conclusion argues that there are three groupings within the relevant literature, each of which makes a contribution to addressing the need for interventions that take account of structural inequalities, but each of which is limited when considered alone.
About the publisher
SHARE (Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity) is a five year initiative (2010-2015) funded by the UK Department for International Development. The SHARE consortium is led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and includes the following partners: the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Control, Bangladesh; the International Institute for Environment and Development; Slum/Shack Dwellers International; and, WaterAid.
The purpose of SHARE is to join together the energy and resources of the five partners in order to make a real difference to the lives of people all over the world who struggle with the realities of poor sanitation and hygiene. www.shareresearch.org/
