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<p>Clean water and adequate sanitation in schools ensure safe and hygienic environments
for learning. The UK Government supports the view that providing toilets at schools
for girls is necessary to provide privacy and dignity. There is some evidence that
WASH interventions in schools do improve attendance by girls but much evidence points
to other important factors as well.</p><br /><p>In 2011, DFID published a systematic
review of this issue. This determined that separate facilities for girls were likely
to encourage their attendance at school, but insufficient alone to increase attendance
and that there are many influential factors, including social and economic pressures
on poor families. DFID therefore takes a holistic approach to this issue.</p><br /><p>The
UK played a key role in ensuring that the recently agreed Sustainable Development
Goals include a dedicated goal on water which aims to ensure universal access to water
and sanitation by 2030.</p>
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