Summary of related documents on gender concerning school sanitation
Summary of related document on gender issue concerning school sanitation.
Adolescent Girls and School Sanitation
‘How does school hygiene, sanitation and water affect the life of adolescent girls?’, SSHE School Sanitation and Hygiene Education. Notes and News (May 2005) p 1-2.
Summery of the main causes why girls are often absent or even drop out school in developing countries.
Gender and Ecological Sanitation
Hannan, Gender perspectives on ecological sanitation (EcoSanRes (2002).
Short paper on gender specific aspects of planning, implementation and operation of latrines and other components of ecosan systems. PDF, English, 170 KB
http://www.gtz.de/ecosan/download/Hannan-gender-perspectives.pdf
Child-friendly hygiene and sanitation
Mooijman, A. and Zomerplaag, J. (2004). Child-friendly hygiene and sanitation facilities in schools : indispensable to effective hygiene education. Delft, The Netherlands, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre p 22-23.
This booklet covers all the stages of a design project, from needs assessment to operation and
maintenance, because effective child-friendly hygiene and sanitation facilities cannot be realised merely by improving designs. It stresses the importance of active involvement of children, teachers, parents and the community during all of these stages so that they themselves will be able to find solutions for their own problems and needs.
