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p. -1 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

Bangladesh: Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector Project (SSWRDSP II)

This Sector Project aims to establish sustainable, stakeholder-driven, small-scale water resource management systems with special attention to the poor. Gender issues in the water sector not only involve access to water for better health, sanitation, and nutrition, but also questions of rights, responsibilities and participation at all levels of water resources management to improve productivity and conservation of natural resources. During the design of SSWRDSP II, specific gender interventions were identified under each component based on stakeholder consultations with men and women. Key features of the Gender Action Plan include: i) increasing women's participation in water related governance: 1/3 female members required in Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Committees, in Project Implementation Committees and in Water Management Associations (WMAs) representing women farmers, fisherwomen, landless women and women laborers; ii) assessing women's needs through collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative gender disaggregated data throughout project life but initially to develop appropriate mitigation measures for groups of fisherfolk likely to be negatively affected; iii) developing gender sensitive training modules and training NGO and Executive Agency staff at the field level; iv) reviewing Labor Construction Society guidelines to establish women-only groups for earthworks and monitoring work and wage differentials between men and women; and v) identifying indicators and guidelines for gender based reporting under the O&M Management Information System. Project funds have been allocated to recruit Gender Consultants to assist with the implementation of the Gender Action Plan.

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