{"id":127186,"date":"2018-01-25T23:05:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T04:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=127186"},"modified":"2020-01-09T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T23:39:22","slug":"gender-wash-toolkit-for-palestine-global-shelter-cluster-report","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/gender-wash-toolkit-for-palestine-global-shelter-cluster-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender & WASH Toolkit for Palestine – Global Shelter Cluster Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a non-United Nations document. The United Nations provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the United Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.1 Background and Aims
\nThe relationships between women and men\u00a0and girls and boys, have traditionally been\u00a0unequal and characterized by a differentiation of roles, affecting and influencing all\u00a0areas and spheres of life.<\/p>\n

Gender relations are often dictated by unequal\u00a0power dynamics that assign particular roles, determine access to decision making and access to\/control over resources.<\/p>\n

Water is the essence of life. Safe drinking water and sanitation are indispensable to sustain life and health and fundamental to\u00a0the dignity of all1. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) knowledge and practices is directly influenced by gender\u00a0relations and roles. As is the case in most societies in the world, WASH facilities and\u00a0access to water is associated with responsibilities\u00a0undertaken by women in Palestine,\u00a0since they are the ones responsible inside\u00a0the household of meeting the basic needs\u00a0of its members.<\/p>\n

In addition, availability of WASH facilities in education and health facilities has significant gender differentiated impact.
\nfor agricultural use also has significant implications for women working in agriculture. Gender considerations in securing WASH needs during humanitarian emergencies and in long term interventions ensure protection of women and girls from Gender Based Violence\u00a0(GBV).<\/p>\n

To improve the conditions of women in different\u00a0societies, several guidelines have\u00a0been developed worldwide aiming to provide\u00a0direction and recommendations for\u00a0gender mainstreaming in water, sanitation\u00a0and hygiene (WASH) projects. Societal and political constraints in the Palestinian context\u00a0make gender mainstreaming in WASH\u00a0projects a challenging task.<\/p>\n

The present toolkit provides technical instruments to tackle some of the most significant\u00a0issues affecting women in the WASH\u00a0sector in Palestine.<\/p>\n

According to the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) 2017:<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh unemployment, low household incomes,\u00a0the high cost of living (particularly for food) and the erosion of livelihoods have resulted in continued high levels of food insecurity in Palestine.<\/p>\n

Access to essential services including WASH, healthcare, education, energy and\u00a0housing is severely restricted for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n

In early 2015, UN Women organized a series of workshops in Ramallah and in Gaza City to unpack cluster-specific issues related to priority gender needs and responses and identify ways to address challenges for gender sensitive humanitarian responses.<\/p>\n

The WASH cluster participants identified a\u00a0number of priorities and action points. The\u00a0majority highlighted the need for capacity\u00a0building and the development of an instrument\u00a0for WASH partners to enable them to\u00a0better identify and address gender specific needs.<\/p>\n

In light of these recommendations, GVC,\u00a0with its expertise in Gender and WASH, and\u00a0the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation\u00a0(AICS) – Jerusalem Office – as Lead EU Donor on Gender, have come together in order to create this Toolkit. The Toolkit has also been developed in coordination and with the support of UN Women and the\u00a0Palestinian Water Authority (PWA).\u00a0Within the PWA Gender Strategy in the Environment (focusing on Water and Solid Waste Management) 2013-2017, three main axes were defined and nine Strategic Objectives (SO) were set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a non-United Nations document. The United Nations provides these documents only as a convenience for reference purposes, and the inclusion of a document does not imply the endorsement of its content by the United Nations. Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Aims The relationships between women and men\u00a0and girls and boys, have traditionally […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[747],"document-category":[2437,1323],"document-source":[4926,5878,2753],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,1853,2533,2349,2273,1841],"entity":[1889,2077,1985,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-127186","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-canada","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-report","document-source-shelter-cluster","document-source-unwomen","document-source-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugees-unhcr","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-environmental-issues","document-subject-health","document-subject-living-conditions","document-subject-water","document-subject-women","entity-intergovernmental-organization-or-multilateral","entity-non-governmental-organization","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/127186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/127186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=127186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}