| answer text |
<p>Women and girls are particularly disadvantaged when adequate water, sanitation
and hygiene facilities are not available, as women bear the primary burden for collecting
water. The DFID approval process screens all programmes for compliance with the International
Development (Gender Equality) Act at the point of approval to assess whether a programme
is likely to reduce gender inequalities. DFID water and sanitation programmes are
targeted to people without access to water and sanitation, which includes marginalised
people and groups. Of the water and sanitation results that have been disaggregated
by gender from 2015 to 2019, DFID programmes have reached 18.6 million women.</p>
|
 |
