Case studies

Bangladesh: Gender Mainstreaming Processes in Community-based Flood Risk Management: Case study from the Resource guide on gender and IWRM on gender and water related disasters.
Bangladesh: Women, Men and Water-Pumps: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and irrigation.
Brazil: Conscious Fostering of Women’s Leadership: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, water and environment as well as capacity building.
Cameroon: Women’s Participation Transform Water Management: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water governance in Cameroon. “One Hand Does not Tie a Bundle”: Women’s Participation Transform Water Management -Nkouondja, Cameroon
Case studies of the e-conference on successes and failures in Gender Mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resource Management: Here you find all the cases which were presented by experts in the field of Gender Mainstreaming during the proceedings of the e-conference series of that took place in 2002.
Case Study on Community Based Solid Waste Management in Pangkah Kulon, Gresik, East Java: Presentation by Angela Ika in the International Symposium Women-Water-Waste, Manila, June 25-27, 2008
Case Studies on Mainstreaming Gender in WATSAN Programs in Nepal
Case study Water for African Cities: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and drinking water and sanitation as well as on gender and governance in Africa. Water for African Cities: A Partnership between United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA).
Egypt: Empowering Women’s Participation in Community and Household: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, domestic water supply and sanitation and hygiene
Field trip to water supply collective in Chile, 2008: Field visit to Champa-Hospital Rural Water Supply Cooperative with GWA participants: Daniela Nogeira; Zelina Ibrahim; Marcia Brewster; Carmen Rojas; Doris Benavides; Linnette Vassell; and Gwendolyn Ledger Hermosilla, interpreter.
Gender Equality Results in the Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Pakistan: The case study analyses the available information and experiences in mainstreaming gender concerns in the Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project in Pakistan. It highlights the lessons learned by the stakeholders involved and pays special attention to aspects of good practice that could be replicated in other ADB water projects. DISCLAIMER: Although this case study is part of the activities under the Gender in Water Partnership of ADB and GWA, the report reflects the opinion of the author which is not necessarily that of ADB or GWA.
Gender in Integrated Rural Water Supplies and Sanitation Programme in Zimbabwe
Ghana: Gender Integration in a Rural Water Project in the Samari-Nkwanta Community: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and sanitation and hygiene.
Guatemala: Meeting Women’s and Men’s Water Needs in the “El Naranjo” River Watershed Organization: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, water and environment in Guatemala. Meeting Women’s and Men’s Water Needs in the “El Naranjo” River Watershed Organization
Incorporating a Gender Perspective in Rural Water and Sanitation Projects: This case study focusses on the experiences of an organisation (MUDE) in the Dominican Republic with mainstreaming gender in drinking water and sanitation projects. It describes the implications of gender on water policy and projects; the actions undertaken to assist the poor and women to address their problems with respect to water; the impacts of these actions, as well as conclusions and recommendations.
India: Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semi-Arid Areas: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, water and poverty.
India: Mainstreaming Gender in Participatory Irrigation Management: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water in agriculture in India.
India: From Alienation to an Empowered Community - Applying a Gender Mainstreaming Approach to a Sanitation Project, Tamil Nadu: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and sanitation and hygiene.
Indonesia, Java: Separate Women’s Meetings a Key to Participation in Water Management: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and governance in irrigation
Indonesia: The Impact of Women’s Participation in the Aqua-Danone Advocacy Programme: Case Study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM in Klaten District, Central Java on gender and water privatisation.
Inputs to Thematic Paper on water and sanitation: Case studies from the Interagency Gender and Water Task Force: Different cases published in the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water and sanitation.
Jordan: Rural Women Securing Household Water Through Installation of Water Cisterns in Rakin Village: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, water and poverty.
Kenya: Gender Differences in Community Water Management Machakos: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water for agriculture
Nicaragua: Gender Equality as a Condition for Access to Water and Sanitation: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, domestic water supply and sanitation and hygiene
Nigeria: Using Gender Mainstreaming Processes to Help Protect Drinking Water Sources of the Obudu Plateau Communities in Northern Cross River State: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and domestic water supply
Pakistan: From Purdah to Participation: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water governance in drinking water in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Initiative of One, Relief for All – Women’s Leadership in the Banda Golra Water Supply Scheme: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and Water on gender, domestic water supply and capacity building.
Senegal: Role of Women in a Model of Community Management of Fish Resources and Marine Environments, Cayar: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, fisheries and coastal zone management.
South Africa: Women in Sanitation and Brick Making Project, Mabule Village: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, capacity building and sanitation and hygiene.
South Asia: Addressing Water and Poverty at the Grassroots: Case Study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on Area Water Partnerships and Women and Water Networks in South Asia, a study on Gender, water and poverty
Summary of case studies used in "Gender in Court"at 3rd World Water Forum: The case studies focus on four key aspects: the beneficiaries: men and women; the implementers at community level: CBOs and NGOs; the institutions and the policies.
Tanzania: Gender and the Protection of Freshwater Resources: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and fisheries.
Togo: Integrating Gender into the Promotion of Hygiene in Schools SSHE: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and sanitation and hygiene.
Uganda: Mainstreaming Gender into Policy: Examining Uganda’s Gender Water Strategy: Case study from the Resource Giude on Gender and IWRM on gender and governance in domestic water supply programmes in Uganda.
United States: Refusing to Back Down: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water privatisation.
Uruguay: Privatisation with Protest: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and water privatisation.
Women, Mobilization and the Revitalization of Water Resources: The Case of North-Eastern Brazil
Zimbabwe: The initiative on gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation projects through the well sinking programme: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender and domestic water supply.
Zimbabwe: Gender mainstreaming in water supply and sanitation in Manzvire Village, Chipinge District: Case study from the Resource Guide on Gender and IWRM on gender, water supply, sanitation and hygiene.