Myanmar: Gender Equality Programming in WASH: A Review of Select WASH Programmes in villages and IDP camps/settlements in Rakhine State

INTRODUCTION

Following exchanges between the WASH Sub-Cluster Coordinator for Rakhine State and the Senior Inter-Agency Gender Capacity (GenCap) Advisor in late 2014 in Sittwe, the WASH Sub-Cluster requested support to conduct a review of their programmes from a gender equality perspective. There was recognition that while the WASH actors are committed to promoting gender equality in their programmes, there are many challenges at an operational level. The WASH Sub-Cluster partners were consulted collectively and agreed to participate in this process which involved consulting WASH programme implementers, making direct observations in the field, and obtaining feedback from women and men who benefit directly from WASH interventions.