Outcome assessment of gender-transformative social accountability in Bangladesh
A policy brief on the gender-transformative social accountability approach
This outcome assessment is linked to the implementation of Strengthening Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in WASH in Bangladesh (SHOMOTA), a civil society project implemented by World Vision Bangladesh. SHOMOTA is an integrated project incorporating water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), the empowerment of women and people with disabilities, and engagement with government and the private sector. The project’s primary goal is to equip key stakeholders within sub-national governments, schools, businesses and community-based organisations to improve gender- and disabilityinclusive WASH in schools and communities. Gender-transformative social accountability (GTSA) is just one of many approaches employed by the SHOMOTA project. GTSA was supported through an academic-NGO partnership between the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney (ISF-UTS); World Vision Bangladesh (WVB); World Vision Australia (WVA); and the University of Rajshahi (UoR).
Winterford, K., Pranay, P., Megaw, T., Baroi, H., Ahsan, K., Roy, P., Ferdows, H. (2022) Outcome assessment of gendertransformative social accountability in Bangladesh: Policy Brief. Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney.
Policy and strategy
Knowledge and Learning is central to Water for Women. It is a key priority of all partners and positions the Fund as an important contributor to global knowledge development and sharing in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Fund generated evidence, centred on innovative, climate-resilient and gender and socially inclusive WASH, supports partners to program for long-term impact. It also provides the basis to influence sector-wide development policy and practice globally, particularly around these cross-cutting themes.
Continual reflection, collaborative learning, knowledge development and exchange are important elements of Water for Women, which combined with effective programming, support partners to lead practice globally and raise the bar on climate-resilient, gender and socially inclusive WASH research, analysis, design and program delivery.
In the first phase of Water for Women (2018-2022), our civil society organisation and research partners developed and shared a wealth of resources through their projects. You can explore a selection of these resource highlights here, and how they link to the building blocks for climate-resilient WASH, drawn from our report, Knowledge and Practice Gaps in Climate Resilient Inclusive WASH.
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