Social and Gender Equity Gauge

1. Social and Gender Equity Gauge Assessing gender equity in the water sector in South Asia

2. Background • So far scattered references, impressions and a few studies indicating gender inequities which have not created an impact on policy or intervention

3. Objectives • Develop a policy tool that helps in building a gender/caste/class disaggregated data base for example on • a) access to water and associated resources like land, credit, skills, • b) voice in decision making • c) nature of work and time spent in water related activities in the productive and the reproductive sphere • d) costs and benefits across social groups from public expenditures on water programmes • e) varying impacts at the micro and macro levels as a result of lack of access to water, decision making- on their time, health, self esteem etc.

4. Indicators…1

5. Indicators…2

6. Tools/methods • Household questionnaire • Focus group discussions • Spatial mapping • Collection of secondary data • Field observations

7. Our sample Village selection criteria • No of households in village: between 100 to 500 • SC population: 15% and above

8. Caste inequities in resource ownership

9. Women’s ownership to land in landowning households

10. Inequities in associated technology

11. Domestic water and sanitation

12. Access to water Caste wise average water access (lpcd)

13. Water consumption pattern across castes

14. Public sources

15. Sanitation

16. Irrigation

17. Access to irrigation

20. Water related work

21. Chart 4: Person fetching water, percentage of households

22. Time and distance

23. Utilisation of water-non paid work

24. Non paid work: Water for production

25. Costs borne by women

26. Participation in water institutions • Participation: important as indicator from point of view of access • In our villages lack of participation among women as well as men • In all domestic water, irrigation and watershed related institutions

27. Summary of findings