Gender differentials in health [Chapter 10 of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd ed., DCPP, 2006]

Water, gender and citizenship: Involving men and women in the management of water and sanitation
services [WSP, 2007]

Water, Sanitation & Gender [World Bank Gender and Development Briefing Note, 2007]

Gender, Water and Sanitation: A Policy Brief [UN Water, 2006]

Why are there so few public toilets for women? [Times Online, 2008]

►Dignity and the decent facility [New Internationalist, 2008] – “Sanitary engineers regard a toilet as a health aid, but women paint a very different picture.”

 Breaking the silence on menstrual hygiene in Bangladesh [IRC Source, 2008] − design latrines to accommodate women’s needs.

Gender-sensitive toilet design meets cultural needs of girls and women in north-east Nigeria [IRC Source News, 2008]

Another School Barrier for African Girls: No Toilet [New York Times, 2005]

Gender and Water  − Securing Water for Improved Rural Livelihoods: The Multiple-uses System Approach [IFAD, 2007]

Mainstreaming gender in integrated water resources management strategies and plans: practical steps for practitioners [GWP, 2006]

Women as Agents of Change [IFAD, 2003]

Easier to say, harder to do – gender, equity and water [BCID, 2003]

Women and Children: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality [UNICEF SOWC 2007]
   ► Gender equality quiz

Women and community water supply programmes: An analysis from a socio-cultural perspective [see pdf pages 33−51, Water Resources Journal, UNESCAP, 2005]

Gender equality – at the heart of development [DFID, 2007]

Effective Gender Mainstreaming in Water Management for Sustainable Livelihoods: From Guidelines to Practice [Gender and Water Alliance, 2006]

Taking Action: Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women [UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, 2005]

Infrastructure for All [WEDC, 2007 - enter title in box, click on ‘Submit’ and follow instructions to get the pdf]

Gender equality: Fact sheet [DFID, 2006]

Self-service − in India’s traditionally patriarchal society, women’s self-help groups are driving a silent revolution [DFID Developments #38, 2007]

Women and Water [UN, 2005]

Women and Water [ADB, 2003]

For Her It's the Big Issue: Putting Women at the Centre of Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene
[WSSCC, 2006]

State of world population 2005: The promise of equality, gender equity, reproductive health and the Millennium development goals [United Nations Populations Fund, 2005] University of Leeds Library catalogue entry. 

Women2000 and Beyond: Women and Water [UN DAW, 2005]

Untapped Connections: Gender, Water and Poverty [WEDO, 2003]

A Gender Perspective on Water Resources and Sanitation [UN DESA CSD, 2004]

Women and Water: How is Gender Policy Working on the Ground? [Water Research Commission,
South Africa, 2004]

Gender Guidelines: Water Supply and Sanitation [AusAID, 2005]

A Gender and Development Approach to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes
[WaterAid, 1999]

Gender and Water [IRC Thematic Overview Paper, 2004]

Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management [UNDP, 2003]
          
Women, water management, and health [EID, 2004]

Ten key points to check for gender equity [UNICEF]

Integrating Gender Responsiveness in Environmental Planning and Management [UN Habitat, 2000]

Towards Woman-friendly Cities [Habitat Debate, 2002]  

Women in Cities [Habitat Debate, 2005]

Fourth World Conference on Women [held in Beijing, 1995]

Abstracts on Women, Water and Sanitation 1991−98 [IRC, 1998]

Women and Sanitation [UN-Habitat, 2007]

Women and the Transport of Water [IT Publications, 1986]

Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya [World Development, 2008]

Poverty-Environment: Gender Linkages [OECD, 2001]

Unheard Voices: Some Voices of India’s Underprivileged Women [UN-Habitat, 2007]
− Mumbai has a population of 15 million. More that half of this population live in slums. Only some of the slums have been legalized and provided with limited piped water supply and a few public latrines. These are grossly inadequate for the entire slum population. In such a scenario, the major burden of searching for water and sanitation facilities is borne by women.

Women and Development [Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2008]

Climate change
Coping with climate change: What works for women? [Oxfam, 2008]

"Women are the most wasted resource in the world" − listen here (90 minutes,
22 MB) or read here [RSA/Economist Debate, January 2007]

WaterAid video: Women: Agents of change
WaterAid audio: Women in Nigeria − the importance of including women in the decision-making process when carrying out water and sanitation projects.

Video: Women’s Voices [GWA, 2005] – this film shows the experience of a community in establishing simplified sewerage systems with a gender focus in periurban areas of Cali, Colombia.

Maps [worldmapper.org]
Girls not in primary education
Girls not in secondary education
Women not in tertiary education
Illiterate young women
Illiterate women

Websites
UN Women – the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, set up in July 2010. It will subsume: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)  Women and Water; UN Commission on the Status of Women; and UN Division for the Advancement of Women

Gender and Water Alliance
Gender Equality (Oxfam)
Gender Equality & the Millennium Development Goals
Women's Environment & Development Organization

  International Women's Day