WASH for gender and adolescent inclusive schools in Nepal

  • P Project/Program

A Active

Key Information

Enhancing girls’ education through inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene and menstrual health and rights awareness for adolescent girls and young people with disabilities.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Nepal

Activity URL

https://washmatters.wateraid.org/projects/wash-gender-adolescent-inclusive-schools-nepal

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2023 - 2026

Partner(s)

National Federation of the Disabled, BASE Organisation, Nepal Fertility Care Centre

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Sub-national

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment

Quality

  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

11 - 20

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Fathers
  • Mothers
  • Other caregivers
  • Policymakers

Participants include

  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Educating girls about menstruation
  • Sanitary product distribution

Other

  • Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)

Policy/legal environment

  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
  • Public-private partnerships

Reducing economic barriers

  • Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households
  • Income-generating activities

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns

Water and sanitation

  • Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets
  • Construction/improvement of toilets (combined use)

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

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Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Curricula, teaching and learning materials are free of gender-bias and stereotypes
  • Gender parity and non-discrimination are promoted at all subjects/education levels
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved financial literacy and savings
  • Improved health - other
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

WaterAid
+12126830430