Projects
Projects 2023 - 2024
In December 2024, project implementation under Water for Women's two-year extension phase came to an end. Over the course of the seven-year Fund, a total of 20 WASH projects and 20 research projects were delivered, in addition to 14 linked Innovation and Impact grants, with a total investment of AUD159.9 million supporting climate-resilient, inclusive and sustainable WASH services and systems in 16 Asia Pacific countries.[1]
During the 2023-24 extension phase, Water for Women partnered with eight civil society organisations (CSOs) for the implementation of 15 WASH projects, which successfully pivoted to integrate climate risk identification, adaptation, mitigation, and resilience building. Five WASH projects were completed in 2022.
Research remained an important focus of the extension phase, with four research partners undertaking seven new research projects with the aim of addressing knowledge and practice gaps for climate-resilient, inclusive WASH. Thirteen research projects were completed from 2018-22.
Explore our projects below
South Asia
| Building Climate-Resilient WASH for Climate-Impacted Vulnerable Populations (India) |
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Water for Women partnered with the Centre for Advocacy and Research to support climate-resilient, gender responsive and socially inclusive WASH services in 215 informal settlements of Bhubaneswar and Jaipur, reaching 101,801* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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Leveraging Inclusive and Climate-Sensitive WASH for Empowerment – LIFE II (Pakistan) |
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Water for Women partnered with International Rescue Committee and partners to improve coordination and collaboration between communities, duty bearers and governments for climate-resilient inclusive WASH services, reaching 136,862* people living in the districts of Peshawar, Swat and Buner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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Towards Climate-Resilient Inclusive WASH Services in Rural Bhutan |
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Water for Women partnered with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and partners to establish links between improved WASH services and water security and contribute to accelerating progress in rural WASH through strengthening adaptive capacities of stakeholders and communities to achieve quality at scale with equity, reaching an estimated 83,999* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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| Towards Climate-Resilient Inclusive WASH Services in Rural Nepal |
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Water for Women partnered with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and partners to support adaptation and strengthen resilience within current area-wide rural water supply services with four Rural Municipalities in two districts in Nepal. This project is contributing to improved health, gender equality and well-being of rural municipalities in Nepal through climate-resilient inclusive WASH services and broader water security by 2024, reaching 52,820* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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Pacific
| Climate Adaptive and Inclusive WASH in Solomon Islands |
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Water for Women partnered with Plan International and Live and Learn Environmental Education in Solomon Islands to strengthen coordination between climate, WASH, health, education and administrative divisions across national, provincial and local governments, to improve technical approaches to identifying and assessing climate vulnerabilities and risks and evidence-based approaches for climate-resilient WASH in schools, healthcare facilities and communities, reaching 3,431* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024. |
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WaSH Em i Bikpela Samting (WASH is important) (Papua New Guinea) |
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Water for Women partnered with the PNG WASH Consortium, WaSH Em Bikpela Samting (WEBS) — comprising World Vision, WaterAid, Plan International, Live and Learn Environmental Education and local partners — to address the impacts of climate change on WASH systems and build a strong enabling environment for climate-resilient inclusive services in Central, Morobe and New Ireland provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, and the National Capital District, reaching 11,820* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024. |
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Strongim WASH Kominiti Projek (Papua New Guinea) |
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Water for Women partnered with WaterAid and partners to accelerate momentum with core government and local partners in Wewak district to continue improving and refining approaches to public sector coordination, planning, monitoring, financing and delivery of inclusive WASH services, reaching 13,997* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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WASH Voices for Empowerment Phase 2 (Papua New Guinea) |
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Water for Women partnered with World Vision and partners to support improved health, gender equality and well-being in South and Middle Fly through climate-resilient and inclusive WASH services, reaching 51,025* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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| Inclusive Climate-Resilient WASH in the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea |
| Water for Women partnerned with Plan International and Live and Learn Environmental Education in Papua New Guinea to work with government stakeholders and community actors in New Ireland Province and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to support climate-resilient WASH, improve health and well-being and strengthen gender equality, reaching 19,944* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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| Inclusive Climate-Resilient WASH in Vanuatu |
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Water for Women partnered with World Vision and partners to improve climate-resilient WASH for at-risk community members by promoting systems strengthening, new learning and use of evidence at national and subnational levels, with community-wide inclusive WASH improvements that adapt for climate change and extreme weather events, reaching 3,618* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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South East Asia
| Climate-Resilient Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Scale-Up Program (Cambodia) |
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Water for Women partnered with iDE to improve the health, gender equality and well-being of Cambodian communities through climate-resilient, inclusive WASH services, reaching 19,500* people living in rural Siem Reap. This project also supported mainstreaming of climate resilience into sanitation marketing and the Cambodian Government's Open Defecation Free activities in rural Cambodia. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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Community-Led Inclusive Climate Resilient (CLICR) WASH (Cambodia) |
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Water for Women partnered with Thrive Networks/East Meets West and partners in Cambodia to integrate climate change adaptation knowledge and practical actions for resilient and inclusive WASH in the climate-vulnerable provinces of Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Kratie, Prey Veng, Pursat and Tboung Khmum, reaching 30,241* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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| Climate-Resilient and Inclusive WASH (Indonesia) |
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Water for Women partnered with Yayasan Plan International Indonesia and partners to support governments and community members in dealing with climate change-related issues and challenges to establish climate-resilient and inclusive WASH systems and services in the provinces of Nusa Tenggara Timur and Nusa Tenggara Barat, reaching 23,216* people. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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| Towards Climate-Resilient Inclusive WASH Services in Rural Lao PDR |
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Water for Women partnered with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and partners to assist governments to deliver climate-resilient inclusive WASH services through meaningful and scalable interventions for adaption processes, reaching 237,046* people across Atsaphone, Champhone and Phalanxay districts in Savannakhet province. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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| Strengthening Connections for Equality, Resilience, Adaptation and Sustainability of WASH (Timor-Leste) |
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Water for Women partnered with WaterAid and partners to deliver Haforsa Ligasaun ba Igualidade, Resiliensia, Adaptasaun no Sustentabilidade ba BESI (HALIRAS BESI), building on collaborative, inclusive and climate-resilient approaches to address the challenges of climate change and improve the operation and maintenance of rural WASH services in Manufahi and Liquiçá, reaching 9,496* people. This project also supported actors from other municipalities to understand, adapt, and trial these approaches further. This project finished delivery in December 2024.
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Projects 2018 - 2022
From 2018 through to December 2022, Water for Women partnered with 10 CSOs to deliver 20 WASH Projects in 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific. Five of these projects were completed in this period. Over the course of this phase of the Fund, Water for Women supported over 3 million people.
Explore these projects below
South Asia
| Mobilising, Facilitating and Replicating Socially Inclusive WASH Initiatives in India’s Urban Slums (India) |
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Partnering with the Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) in reaching some of India’s most at risk people through Mobilising, Facilitating and Replicating Socially Inclusive WASH Initiatives in India’s Urban Slums.
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| Enhancing Private Sector Engagement in WASH in India |
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Partnering with Research Triangle Institute Global India (RTI India) to enhance private sector participation in WASH, increase access to WASH and create WASH livelihoods.
This project came to a close in December 2022.
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Leveraging Inclusive WASH for Empowerment - LIFE (Pakistan) |
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Partnering with International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Leveraging Inclusive WASH for Empowerment (LIFE) to provide inclusive and sustainable WASH services to an estimated 168,750 people and improved governance systems in three districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
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| Beyond the Finish Line: Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All (Bhutan) |
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Partnering with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) in delivery of Beyond the Finish Line - Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All in Bhutan to provide equitable, universal access to safely managed sanitation and hygiene for more than 214,500 people.
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| Beyond the Finish Line: Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Water Supply Services in Nepal |
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Partnering with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation to deliver Beyond the Finish Line - Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Water Supply Services to improve health, gender equality and social inclusion, and wellbeing, reaching an estimated 82,600 people and 30 institutions in rural communities in Nepal.
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SHOMOTA - Strengthening Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in WASH in Bangladesh |
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Partnering with World Vision Australia in the delivery of SHOMOTA - Strengthening Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in WASH in Bangladesh to reach over 232,000 people in schools and communities in Jamalpur, Gaibandha, and Sathkhira districts of Bangladesh.
This project came to a close in December 2022.
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Pacific
| Strengthening Community Resilience and Inclusion Through Improved WASH services in Fiji |
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Partnering with Habitat for Humanity in Strengthening community resilience and inclusion through improved WASH services in Fiji, reaching over 5,400 people in 18 remote and rural communities across Ra and Ba Provinces.
This project came to a close in December 2022.
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| New Times, New Targets: Supporting Solomon Islands Government WASH Transition and Resilient WASH for All |
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Partnering with Plan International Australia in the delivery of “New Times, New Targets”, designed to improve WASH services, access and practice in 60 rural communities, 8 health clinics and 22 schools of western Guadalcanal Province in the Solomon Islands.
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| Implementing Inclusive WASH for the People of Wewak, Papua New Guinea |
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Partnering with WaterAid in delivering Inclusive WASH for Wewak, benefitting thousands of people in the Wewak district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea.
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| Resilient WASH in the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea |
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Partnering with Plan International in supporting local government in Kavieng District, New Ireland Province and Northern Region, Autonomous Region of Bougainville to deliver safe, secure, sustainable and inclusive WASH services for communities. |
| Water for Women: Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
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WASH Voices for Empowerment (WAVE) Partnering with World Vision Australia in the delivery of WASH Voices for Empowerment (WAVE) to improve access to gender and socially inclusive, sustainable WASH for 40,000 people in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
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PNG WASH Consortium – WaSH Em i Bikpela Samting |
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Water for Women’s Papua New Guinea WASH Consortium, WaSH Em i Bikpela Samting (WEBS), comprises four civil society organisations – World Vision, WaterAid, Plan International Australia and Live and Learn Environmental Education. 'WaSH Em i Bikpela Samting' translates from Tok Pisin to English as, ‘WASH is important.’
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| Laetem Dak Kona: Gender-Equitable and Disability-Accessible WASH in Vanuatu |
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Partnering with World Vision Australia in the delivery of Laetem Dak Kona: Gender-Equitable and Disability-Accessible WASH to people in Sanma and Torba provinces of Vanuatu.
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South East Asia
| Cambodia Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Scale-Up Program 2.0 (WASH-SUP2) |
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Partnering with International Development Enterprises (iDE) to deliver WASH-SUP2 – Cambodia Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Scale Up Program 2.0 - improved WASH services in six provinces of Cambodia.
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| Women-Led Output Based Aid (WOBA) in Cambodia |
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Partnering with Thrive Networks / East Meets West to deliver Women Led Output Based Aid (WOBA) to households of the poorest and most vulnerable in 23 districts across nine provinces of Cambodia.
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| The Myanmar Humanitarian WASH Project |
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Partnering with WaterAid to improve WASH access in vulnerable communities and community-managed schools in Myanmar, reaching over 22,700 vulnerable and marginalised people.
This project came to a close in December 2022.
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| WASH and Beyond – Transforming Lives in Eastern Indonesia |
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Partnering with Plan International Australia to benefit over 574,000 people, including the most marginalised within communities, by delivering Wash and Beyond – Transforming Lives in Eastern Indonesia.
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| Beyond the Finish Line: Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All (Lao PDR) |
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Partnering with SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) in delivery of Beyond the Finish Line - Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All to improve the health, gender equality and social inclusion and wellbeing of 212,400 people in Lao PDR.
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| Women Led Output Based Aid (WOBA) in Vietnam |
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Partnering with Thrive Networks / East Meets West to deliver Women Led Output Based Aid (WOBA) to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in 5 provinces of Vietnam.
This project came to a close in December 2022.
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| Beyond Inclusion: Realising Gender Transformational Change and Sustainable WASH Systems (Timor-Leste) |
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Partnering with WaterAid in delivering Beyond Inclusion: Realising Gender Transformational Change and Sustainable WASH Systems in Timor-Leste to address the multiple dimensions of inequality in access to services, reaching over 61,000 people.
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Research Projects
Research was an important element of Water for Women. The Water for Women Fund aimed to raise the bar in terms of gender equitable, disability and socially inclusive research, analysis, design and program delivery in WASH, and in doing so, to lead practice globally.
Water for Women partners also undertook 20 research projects over the seven years of the Fund. Learn more about them by following the link below.
[1] On 14 November 2022, coinciding with Water and Gender Day at COP27 in Egypt, Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, announced a further AUD41 million for a two-year extension of Water for Women to support climate-resilient, inclusive and sustainable WASH services and systems, and safeguard water security in 16 Asia Pacific countries. This took the total investment for the seven-year Fund to AUD159.9 million, which included the addition of the PNG WASH Consortium, WEBS, in July 2023. The 16 countries included: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Vietnam.
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