Our Progress 2024

People Reached

Total beneficiaries who are accessing and using basic and improved
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in the extension phase (2023-2024)

Progress towards target of 971,638 people with direct benefit from the project over the extension phase, 2023 to 2024

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries disaggregated by gender and disability

Progress towards target of 481,860 women and girls

Progress towards target of 479,341 men and boys

Progress towards target of 985 self-defined people

‘Self-defined’ represents people with a diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and/or sex characteristics. Includes transgender and gender diverse people who identify their gender as culturally appropriate.

Progress towards target of 34,507 people with a disability

Climate Resilience

Strengthened capacity and infrastructure for climate resilience

Progress towards target of 164,490 people

Progress towards target of 9,086 facilities

Progress towards a target of 375

Access to WASH

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) beneficiaries

Progress towards target of 212,507 people with improved access to water

Progress towards target of 566,330 people with improved access to sanitation

Progress towards target of 584,460 people with improved access to handwashing

Region & Country

Beneficiaries by region and country

Bhutan: 83,999

India: 101,801

Nepal: 52,820

Pakistan: 136,862

Cambodia: 49,741

Indonesia: 23,216

Lao PDR: 237,046

Timor-Leste: 9,496

Papua New Guinea: 96,786

Solomon Islands: 3,431

Vanuatu: 3,618

Communities & Households

Communities, households, schools and health care facilities with improved WASH and students reached with menstrual health and hygiene education

Progress towards target of 1,542 communities reached

Progress towards target of 180,150 households reached

Progress towards target of 278 schools reached

Progress towards target of 213 health care facilities reached

Students reached with menstrual health and hygiene behaviour change activities

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

Water for Women tracks progress as part of a broader Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system that is overseen by the Fund Coordinator team. All progress data presented is based on Fund CSO project monitoring and reporting. Fund MEL is guided by a comprehensive MEL Framework, which draws on a range of quantitative and qualitative data sources and evidence to support learning and accountability for the Fund in accordance with DFAT Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Standards. WASH data is informed by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme indicators.

Fund targets in (i) are based on partner Civil Society Organisations (CSO) project baseline studies. Project targets are updated periodically in response to changes in context as appropriate.

*Some beneficiaries reached in the extension (2023 – 2024) may have been reached in the previous period between 2018 – 2022.

**Self-defined refers to people with a diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and/or sex characteristics. Includes transgender and gender diverse people who identify their gender as culturally appropriate.

^Phase 1 considered only adolescent girls, while the Extension Phase expanded to consider all genders.