Evaluation of Decentralized Sanitation System Adoption, Abandonment, and Community Perception in Indigenous Communities of Mexico and Puebla, Mexico

The significance of sanitation for communities, its implications, functionality, and the adoption and abandonment processes of related technologies.
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Last update:22 May 2024

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This project evaluates the perception of what sanitation means for communities, its implications, functioning, and the appropriation and abandonment processes of these technologies, generating data disaggregated by sex to guide public policy to improve sanitation in rural communities and peri-urban areas, in addition to orienting financing decisions towards women to improve their quality of life, reduce school dropouts among girls, and improve access to safe water and sanitation.

Geopgraphic area, Thematic and Game-Changer

This Action is being implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on Mexico.

It is part of the Multi-stakeholder Coalition鈥檚 Working Group on Academia and publications and is intended to apply the : Including gender-equality principles in funding, which promote women leadership, protect their water rights and no longer rely on unpaid work of women and girls for securing and managing water.