WASH and Protection

Going beyond Guidelines

Progress made on the Gender Markers target & Achievements of the cluster

• Increased interest of several national clusters

• WASH activities package for the Sahel feed into an integrated humanitarian response to respond to distinct needs

• Engagement of WASH organizations

• Reinforced capacity of RRTs• Minimum commitments

adopted in different contexts

Situation

Gender

GBV

AgeDisability

HIV/AIDSChild

Protection

HLPMine Action

WASH Cluster

Coordinator

Partners

More Guidelines

WASH Cluster Partners adhere to protection principles

?

One guideline or/andone monitoring framework

Gender

GBV

AgeDisability

HIV/AIDSChild

Protection

HLPMine Action

WASH Cluster

Coordinator

Partners

OneGuideline

Key issues / WASH

Minimum commitments on people’s centered approach

Monitor and evaluate safe and equal access to WASH services in WASH projects using sex and age disaggregated data and information on persons with disabilities

Consult separately girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities, to ensure that WASH programs are designed to ensure meaningful access and to mitigate incidences of violence.Consult girls and women in priority

Ensure that girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities have access to appropriate WASH services that minimise risks of physical and sexual violence

Ensure that feedback/ complaint mechanisms and corrective actions in the WASH sector are based on the separate consultation of girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities, so as to meet their specific protection and assistance needs

4 commitments

ASSESSMENT & DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION

IMPLEMENTATIONMONITORING & EVALUATION

Collection and analysis of disaggregated data on

beneficiaries and information on persons

with disability contributes to improving safe and equal access to WASH services for vulnerable

population.

The cluster organisations take timely corrective actions to address the

safety, dignity and access issues raised by users

and/or to redefine their assistance so as to meet the needs of the specific

vulnerable groups of beneficiaries

WASH facilities designed to respond to distinct dignity and safety and access

needs (i.e. dedicated access, locks on the inside, separate blocks for showers and latrines, pictograms, specific design for

people with disability…).

Determining through consultations where WASH facilities will be located in order to ensure meaningful access and

minimize risks of violence

Minimum commitments on people’s centered approach

Monitor and evaluate safe and equal access to WASH services in WASH projects using sex and age disaggregated data and information on persons with disabilities

Consult separately girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities, to ensure that WASH programs are designed to ensure meaningful access and to mitigate incidences of violence.Consult girls and women in priority

Ensure that girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities have access to appropriate WASH services that minimise risks of physical and sexual violence

Ensure that feedback/ complaint mechanisms and corrective actions in the WASH sector are based on the separate consultation of girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities, so as to meet their specific protection and assistance needs

4 commitments

ASSESSMENT & DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION

IMPLEMENTATIONMONITORING & EVALUATION

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