Gender
India – Effects of Rural Sanitation on Infant Mortality and Human Capital
According to joint UNICEF and WHO (2012) estimates for 2010, 15 percent of people in the world openly defecate without any toilet or latrine; 60 percent of these live in India. The global impact of poor sanitation on infant and child death and health is profound. Black et al. (2003) estimate that 10 million children under 5 die every year { 2.4 million of them in India { and that a fth to a quarter of these deaths are due to diarrhea.
Child mortality rate dips marginally in 2010
New Delhi, March 31, 2012: First the good news - nearly 1.41 lakh fewer children died in India in 2010 before reaching their fifth birthday than in 2009. This means nearly 388 fewer children aged 0-4 years died per day.
Before you start celebrating, consider this -- 15.41 lakh children died in India in 2010 under the age of five. What's worse, more females died than their male counterparts. While India in 2010 saw over 7.43 lakh male children aged 0-4 years die, the number for female children stood at 8.06 lakh.
India, Delhi: How sexual violence against women is linked to water and sanitation
Girls under ten being have been raped while on their way to use a public toilet, say women living in Delhi’s slums. In one slum, boys hid in toilet cubicles at night waiting to rape those who entered. These are some of the incidents mentioned in a recent briefing note based on research supported by WaterAid and the DFID-funded SHARE (Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity).
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) to Launch Iron and Folic Supplementation Programme
New Delhi, Dec 23, 2011: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon launch a Weekly Iron and Folic Supplementation (WIFS) programme. The programme, implemented across the country both (rural and urban areas) will cover nearly 12 Crore adolescents. The Ministry has suggested to the States that a fixed day in a week, preferably a Monday, be earmarked as the day when Iron and Folic Acid tablet is provided to adolescents. Funding for implementation of the scheme to the States would be provided under the National Rural Health Mission.
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to Launch Iron and Folic Supplementation Programme
New Delhi, Dec 23, 2011: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon launch a Weekly Iron and Folic Supplementation (WIFS) programme. The programme, implemented across the country both (rural and urban areas) will cover nearly 12 Crore adolescents. The Ministry has suggested to the States that a fixed day in a week, preferably a Monday, be earmarked as the day when Iron and Folic Acid tablet is provided to adolescents. Funding for implementation of the scheme to the States would be provided under the National Rural Health Mission.
India: Condition of Education for Girls in Rural Areas
New Delhi, Dec 9, 2011: There has been significant improvement in the enrollment of girls in elementary education since the launch of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme. At the primary stage girls constitute 48.46% and at the upper primary stage girls constitute 48.12% of the total enrolment. The Gender Parity Index (GPI) at the primary stage is 0.94; at the upper primary stage GPI is 0.93.
As per Statistics of School Education (SSE) drop out rate for 2008-09 and 2009-10 is as follows:-
Focusing Attention on the Critical Role of Gender in Water and Sanitation
While women’s lives around the world have improved dramatically, gaps remain in many areas, including water and sanitation. For example, a recent study in 44 developing countries found that women carry water more often than men by a ration of nearly 2 to 1. Time is but one cost. There are many.
Mumbai: "We must make sure girls stay in school"
Mumbai, Feb 11, 2012: Girl child education is one of the three causes that Stayfree DNA I Can Women’s Half Marathon is championing. Here’s why.
Though the overall literacy rate in Maharashtra as per the 2011 provisional census is 82.91%, the female literacy rate in rural Maharashtra is a dismal 67.3%. This means, 32% of rural females are illiterate. This is a cause for concern that has also been red-flagged in the India Human Development Report 2011, especially because female literacy has an effect on other factors, such as a child’s health.
India, Andhra Pradesh: Why families choose toilets – to protect older parents and younger daughters
Why do families build toilets? If the family tradition for many generations has been to defecate in the open – using local woods or accepted sites, then what is the incentive to make a break and opt for a toilet instead?
Concern for daughters and for elderly relatives are two factors often mentioned by families as motivating factors, especially as ‘safe’ places to defecate outside disappear.
gender, water and sanitation
The importance of involving both women and men in the management of water and sanitation has been recognized at the global level, starting from the 1977 United Nations Water Conference at Mardel Plata, the International Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade (1981-90) and the International Conference on Water and the Environment in Dublin (January 1992), which explicitly recognizes the central role of women in the provision, management and safeguarding of water.
