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Water for Women • (2022) Leaving No One Behind: Experiences from Water for Women
Developed as part of a dedicated initiative under Water for Women’s Learning Agenda, this report is a synthesis of insights from 16 water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects being delivered by partner civil society organisations (CSOs). The report draws lessons from and syntheses CSO self-assessments on the approaches they pursue […]}
Water for Women • (2025) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Self-Assessment Tool (Revised Edition)
The Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Self-Assessment Tool (GEDSI SAT) is a facilitation guide for climate resilience and development program managers, GEDSI advisers, researchers and interested members of staff, designed to support individual and collective reflective practice on the extent and quality of gender equality, disability and social inclusion […]}
Water for Women • (2024) What Does Climate-Resilient Inclusive WASH Look Like? Insights from Water for Women
Under our collaborative Learning Agenda 2023-24, drawing on learnings from the implementation of climate-resilient and inclusive WASH projects and research across Asia–Pacific, partners sought to explore this fundamental learning question through a series of dedicated initiatives. }
Water for Women • (2023) Quality, Accessible and Safe Healthcare: Lessons on Strengthening WASH in Healthcare Facilities
This report highlights the achievements of Water for Women civil society organisation (CSO) partners in improving WASH in healthcare facilities (HCFs) in eight Asia-Pacific countries, including Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It draws out lessons learnt from partners' practical experience and research […]}
Water for Women • (2023) WASH in Schools Insights from Water for Women
This learning brief synthesises and shares lessons from Water for Women’s investment in water, sanitation and hygiene in schools as part of 20 projects led by civil society organisation partners, with a mix of support for improved WASH facilities and activities aimed at WASH behaviour change. Combined, these activities reached more […]}
Juliet Willetts; Fraser Goff • (2023) Learning Note 4: Research contributions to WASH systems strengthening
Water for Women aims to strengthen national and subnational water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems in Asian and Pacific communities through greater emphasis on gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), safely managed WASH and water security. This learning note highlights how research can contribute to WASH systems strengthening. It […]}
Nupur Khanna; Tanvi Oza; Paul Johnston • (2023) Climate Finance for WASH: Papua New Guinea
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is integral to supporting community climate resilience that ensures no one is left behind. Inclusive, climate-resilient WASH goes beyond infrastructure to ensure that solutions meet the needs of the most marginalised and can continue functioning in the face of climate hazards. Accessing climate adaptation financing […]}
Habib Ur Rehman; David Clatworthy • (2023) Climate Finance for WASH: Pakistan
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is integral to supporting community climate resilience that ensures no one is left behind. Inclusive, climate-resilient WASH goes beyond infrastructure to ensure that solutions meet the needs of the most marginalised and can continue functioning in the face of climate hazards. Accessing climate adaptation financing […]}
Wahyu Triwahyudi • (2023) Climate Finance for WASH: Indonesia
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is integral to supporting community climate resilience that ensures no one is left behind. Inclusive, climate-resilient WASH goes beyond infrastructure to ensure that solutions meet the needs of the most marginalised and can continue functioning in the face of climate hazards. Accessing climate adaptation financing […]}
Paul Johnston; Tyler Kozole • (2023) Climate Finance for WASH: Cambodia
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is integral to supporting community climate resilience that ensures no one is left behind. Inclusive, climate-resilient WASH goes beyond infrastructure to ensure that solutions meet the needs of the most marginalised and can continue functioning in the face of climate hazards. Accessing climate adaptation financing […]}
Water for Women • (2023) Environmental Indicators of Climate Risks to Inclusive WASH
This learning resource summarises a range of indicators that WASH service authorities and their civil society organisations (CSOs) can use to monitor the key risks of six climate hazards to household WASH access. Specifically, the indicators pertain to changes in the natural or built environment that may be outside the […]}
Water for Women • (2023) Climate Finance for WASH: Pacific Region
Accessing climate adaptation financing for WASH projects has been a challenge for civil society organisations due to a number of procedural, design and systemic barriers. To address this challenge, a consortium of Water for Women partners developed a series of briefs on climate finance for the WASH sector in Asia […]}
Water for Women • (2023) Strengthening Systems for more Equitable, Sustainable and Climate-resilient WASH: Lessons from Water for Women
This systems strengthening series shares lessons from Water for Women about how CSOs and research organisations can contribute to stronger systems for inclusive and sustainable WASH. }
Fraser Goff • (2022) Learning Note 2: Leveraging finance for more equitable and sustainable WASH
Water for Women aims to improve the health, gender equality and wellbeing of Asian and Pacific communities through strengthened national and subnational water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems with greater emphasis on gender equality, social inclusion, safely managed WASH and water security. Sufficient and appropriate financing, one of the building […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Civil Society Engagement with the Private Sector for Inclusive WASH: Reading List
This reading list was developed and shared as part of the private sector learning agenda initiative conducted by the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Sustainable Futures and other Water for Women partners in 2021. It accompanies the learning brief, Civil Society Engagement with the Private Sector for Inclusive WASH: […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Civil Society Engagement with the Private Sector for Inclusive WASH: Insights from Water for Women
This learning brief brings together the knowledge, experience and insights of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector civil society organisations (CSOs) in engaging with private sector actors in South Asia and South East Asia to foster gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), sustainability of WASH programs, and critical thinking. […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Disability-inclusive WASH: Practice within Water for Women
This learning brief explores key lessons learnt from implementing disability-inclusive WASH projects and research across Water for Women – in particular, strategies that contribute to meaningful participation and equality of outcomes.}
Fraser Goff • (2022) Learning Note 3: Shifting WASH systems towards greater equity and sustainability through sector planning, monitoring and review
Water for Women aims to strengthen national and subnational water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems in Asian and Pacific communities through greater emphasis on gender equality, social inclusion (GEDSI), safely managed WASH and water security. Sector planning, monitoring and review (PMR) enables WASH systems to realise WASH rights and ensure […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Knowledge and Practice Gaps in Climate Resilient Inclusive WASH
This report outlines the unique strengths and contributions that Water for Women can make to building climate change resilience and adaptation in inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), through contributions to the regional and global WASH sector and enhanced internal capacity.}
Water for Women • (2022) Partnerships for Transformation: Guidance for WASH and Rights Holder Organisations
This guidance offers insights into effective partnerships between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector organisations and rights holder organisations (RHOs). It provides practical recommendations for effective collaboration in all types of partnerships and is designed to support organisations looking to begin, build or strengthen partnerships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. }
Water for Women • (2022) Shifting Social Norms for Transformative WASH: Review of Concepts, Literature and Practice
This review, along with the allied guidance, is intended to support WASH actors with relevant examples of how to change harmful and exclusionary social norms in the context of WASH programming. WASH organisations are those that wholly or mostly work on WASH, in forms including advocacy, infrastructure, governance, finance, capacity […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Shifting Social Norms for Transformative WASH: Guidance for WASH Actors
This review, along with the allied guidance, is intended to support WASH actors with relevant examples of how to change harmful and exclusionary social norms in the context of WASH programming. WASH organisations are those that wholly or mostly work on WASH, in forms including advocacy, infrastructure, governance, finance, capacity […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services
Developed under a Learning Agenda initiative led by the University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures, this compilation and synthesis of Water for Women case studies presents a range of contexts, approaches and experiences on monitoring safely managed water and sanitation services in urban and rural areas across the […]}
Water for Women • (2022) Monitoring Safely Managed Water and Sanitation Services
Developed under a Learning Agenda initiative led by the University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures, this compilation and synthesis of Water for Women case studies presents a range of contexts, approaches and experiences on monitoring safely managed water and sanitation services in urban and rural areas across the […]}
Water for Women • (2021) Making the Critical Connections between Climate Resilience and Inclusive WASH
As part of a learning initiative under Water for Women’s Learning Agenda, This report features 12 vignettes from Water for Women partners working on projects in the Asia-Pacific that are helping to build climate resilience through inclusive and sustainable WASH programs and research. It also outlines recommendations from the partners […]}
Water for Women • (2021) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Self-Assessment Tool
The GESI SAT represents the culmination of years of collaborative work across the Fund, and has been co-created by Water for Women and the Sanitation Learning Hub. It is a facilitation guide for WASH project managers, researchers and self-assessment facilitators to support individual and collective reflective practice on the extent […]}
Water for Women • (2021) Pivotal not peripheral: Ending period poverty by prioritising menstrual health and hygiene in WASH
The time is over for peripheral programming on menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) in WASH. It is now pivotal, particularly given the context of COVID-19 restrictions, which have exacerbated period poverty and decreased availability and access to hygienic facilities, sanitary products and information to support stigma-free safe and dignified menstruation. Launched […]}
Water for Women • (2020) Disability inclusion and COVID-19: Guidance for WASH delivery
Around 15% of the world’s population has a disability. People with disability are at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and are more likely to be disproportionately affected by the health, economic and social impacts of the global health pandemic. Developed by Water for Women and CBM Australia to provide some […]}
Water for Women • (2020) Sexual and Gender Minorities and COVID-19: Guidance for WASH delivery
Developed by Water for Women and Edge Effect to provide some key principles, considerations and actions which Water for Women Fund partners, and the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector more broadly, can apply to strengthen sexual and gender minority inclusion in their COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 programming responses and adaptations.}
Water for Women • (2019) ‘Do No Harm’ for inclusive WASH: working towards a shared understanding
Water for Women sees an intentional focus on ‘Do No Harm’ (DNH) approaches as a critical way of supporting an ethical approach to inclusion. This includes addressing the risk of backlash that comes with supporting representation and decision-making of women and marginalised groups to ensure that no one is left […]}
Water for Women • (2025) Integrating Risk and Resilience for Climate-Resilient WASH Programming
This brief shares key findings and insights from the first learning group (1) about integrating risk and resilience considerations for climate-resilient WASH programming. Definitions of climate risk and resilience and the application of the concepts are diverse and still evolving, including for the WASH sector. • ‘Climate risk’ is commonly […]}
Water for Women • (2019) Learning Brief: 'Do No Harm' - Women's Empowerment in WASH
The empowerment of women and marginalised people is central to Water for Women, and recognised as key to leaving no one behind in achieving clean water and sanitation for all (SDG 6). But it can come at a cost, if we do not pro-actively address backlash and potential harms involved […]}
Water for Women Fund, SNV, Edge Effect and DFAT • (2019) Stepping Up: Ensuring sexual and gender minorities are not left behind
The Water for Women gender and social inclusion (GESI) framework includes sexual and gender minority (SGM) inclusion, alongside inclusion of people with disabilities and more conventional approaches to gender inclusion. This Learning Brief aims to advance the Fund’s collective learning on SGM issues and inclusion by reflecting on the discussions throughout […]}
Water for Women • (2019) Disability Inclusive Systems Strengthening in WASH: How can we do it better
The growing commitment to disability inclusive WASH within the sector has seen much progress in terms of accessible WASH infrastructure at all levels and support for people with disability to manage their WASH needs within their households and communities. The WASH sector is also increasingly focused on the broader enabling […]}
