WASH Gender Landscape Analysis
Towards Gender Transformative WASH Services
Highlights
The WASH Gender Landscape Analysis, implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria under the DIS-funded ASWA III Programme, provides a review of gender responsiveness in Nigeria's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector. The assessment was conducted at the national level and in two ASWA Ill focus states-Kaduna and Adamawa-to examine the extent to which WASH systems and institutions are integrating gender equality principles in their structures, programs, and service delivery. Against the backdrop of persistent challenges to access to WASH services, where only 6% of healthcare facilities and 11% of schools have basic WASH services and more than 161 million people rely on contaminated water sources, this assessment seeks to highlight existing gaps and propose evidence-based, transformative solutions to WASH-related gender disparities in Nigeria.
