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Gender Checklist: Water Supply and Sanitation

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Policy dialogue

What is discussed in the policy dialogue depends very much on the counterpart agencies’ acceptance of gender issues, their commitment to help resolve those issues, and the nature and complexity of the issues. In some cases, key gender issues identified through gender analysis require legal and policy reforms in combination with WSS projects. In other cases, a WSS project can be designed to support the implementation of a new policy or law (see example in Box 4). In both cases, the project design must be compatible with the law or policy. Continuous policy dialogue with DMC counterparts is important.

The policy dialogue should also confirm that the DMC counterparts understand the key gender issues and are ready to commit the appropriate implementation arrangements and adequate resources.

Some potential issues to be discussed during the project- and policy-level dialogue with the DMC counterpart are presented in Table 2.

Table 2: Possible Agenda of the Policy Dialogue

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