Gender and socially inclusive WASH in Nepal: moving beyond “technical fixes”

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorWater for Women Funden_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryNepalen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NPen_US
cg.coverage.subregionSarlahien_US
cg.coverage.subregionDailekhen_US
cg.creator.identifierDeepa Joshi: 0000-0003-1986-3431en_US
cg.creator.identifierLabisha Uprety: 0000-0002-5248-4698en_US
cg.creator.identifierGitta Shrestha: 0000-0002-2428-0954en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2023.1181734en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH052237en_US
cg.issn2673-2726en_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Human Dynamicsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume5en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhadka, Manoharaen_US
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Deepaen_US
dc.contributor.authorUprety, Labishaen_US
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Gittaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-30T15:59:00Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-09-30T15:59:00Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132075en_US
dc.titleGender and socially inclusive WASH in Nepal: moving beyond “technical fixes”en_US
dcterms.abstractThe enactment of a new Constitution in 2015 in Nepal marked a shift to a representative system of federal governance. Earlier in 2002, the country’s Tenth Five Year Plan had committed to a core focus on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in national policies and governance. How do these two strategic shifts in policy align in the case of WASH projects in rural Nepal? Applying a feminist political lens, we review the implementation of WASH initiatives in two rural districts to show that deep-rooted intersectional complexities of caste, class, and gender prevent inclusive WASH outcomes. Our findings show that the policy framing for gender equitable and socially inclusive outcomes have not impacted the WASH sector, where interventions continue as essentially technical interventions. While there has been significant increase in the number of women representatives in local governance structures since 2017, systemic, informal power relationship by caste, ethnicity and gender entrenched across institutional structures and cultures persist and continue to shape unequal gender-power dynamics. This is yet another example that shows that transformative change requires more than just affirmative policies.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023-09-25en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKhadka, Manohara; Joshi, Deepa; Uprety, Labisha; Shrestha, Gitta. 2023. Gender and socially inclusive WASH in Nepal: moving beyond “technical fixes”. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 5:1181734. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2023.1181734]en_US
dcterms.extent5:1181734.en_US
dcterms.issued2023-09-25en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectwater, sanitation and hygieneen_US
dcterms.subjectgender equalityen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial inclusionen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectcaste systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectethnicityen_US
dcterms.subjectpolitical aspectsen_US
dcterms.subjectfederalismen_US
dcterms.subjectinstitutionsen_US
dcterms.subjectlocal governmenten_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjectrural areasen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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