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SUMMARY:Gender in water\, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) development projec
 ts - Christiana Smyrilli (EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Inf
 rastructure and Built Environment)
DTSTART:20181114T120000Z
DTEND:20181114T130000Z
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CONTACT:Tim Forman
DESCRIPTION:This talk is part of the Department of Engineering Division D 
 lunchtime seminar series.\n\nThe research explores the relationship betwee
 n gender roles and development infrastructure projects in the water\, sani
 tation and hygiene (WASH) sector in rural Uganda. As acknowledged by pract
 itioners and researchers for the past 5 decades\, men and women in develop
 ing areas hold different roles and responsibilities within their household
  and community. This is also true for WASH practices\, and therefore they 
 perform different duties and have different needs. \nIn Uganda\, women are
  the primary managers of water resources at household level\, as well as t
 he main drivers for sanitation and hygiene practice at household level\; m
 en are concerned with the commercial use of water. Insights into developin
 g infrastructure that addresses the needs of communities could emerge from
  understanding the multiple dimensions of the intrinsic and extrinsic fact
 ors that affect the roles that men and women play within the WASH sector. 
 Fieldwork has been undertaken in a number of rural communities in south Ug
 anda\, where group discussions and interviews were conducted with key play
 ers in the WASH sector\, government representatives and people from the co
 mmunities. The qualitative data collected provides an understanding of how
  gender roles are influenced by other factors\, as they are dependent on\,
  and formed by\, other social structures\, and consequently how this relat
 ionship influences the way infrastructure is used\, maintained\, operated 
 etc. \nThe findings highlight the importance of good leadership by both me
 n and women at community level\, which leads to improvements in WASH infra
 structure provision.  Moreover\, there seems to be a strong relationship b
 etween educating women and improved sanitation and hygiene practices. Fina
 lly\, cultural attributes have a strong influence on the way men and women
  view water and sanitation tasks\, how they perform them and how they enga
 ge with and value the infrastructure. The paper gives an overview of the f
 indings and suggests future research can lead to new evidence to support g
 ender-sensitive infrastructure.\n
LOCATION:Dept. of Engineering Trumpington Street\, Baker Building - Oatley
  1 Meeting Room
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