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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/317
2024-03-25T19:34:51ZShared Latrine Cleaning outcomes from a Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Intervention in Kampala Slums
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/1476
Shared Latrine Cleaning outcomes from a Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Intervention in Kampala Slums
Japheth, N. Kwiringira
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to sanitation also
involve conservation of the environment, improvement in quality of
education, promotion/advancement of gender equality, elimination of
child mortality and reduction of poverty. Globally, 2.3 billion people
lack access to improved sanitation facilities (WHO 2014). Of these,
600 million people use improved, but shared latrines (Ibid). While the
national average sanitation in Uganda is at 70 per cent, the extent towhich latrines produce intended health benefits depends on how they
are used, cleaned and maintained (Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba and
Günther 2014a; Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba, and Günther 2014b;
Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba, Kabumbuli, Rwabukwali, Kulabako
and Günther 2016; Kwiringira 2017). Most shared sanitation facilities
in slums are abandoned after a short time of use due to disuse, lack of
cleaning and poor maintenance (Kwiringira, Atekyereza, Niwagaba and
Günther 2014a; WSP 2008). In Kampala, 70 per cent of the urban poor
use shared latrines with 47 per cent of these latrines clean enough to
be used and another 45 per cent of the facilities abandoned (Günther,
Horst, Lüthi, Mosler, Niwagaba and Tumwebaze 2011; Günther, Horst,
Lüthi, Mosler, Niwagaba and Tumwebaze 2012).
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z‘If they beat you and your children have eaten, that is fine…’ intersections of poverty, livelihoods and violence against women and girls in the Karamoja Region, Uganda
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/316
‘If they beat you and your children have eaten, that is fine…’ intersections of poverty, livelihoods and violence against women and girls in the Karamoja Region, Uganda
Rujumba, Joseph; Kwiringira, Japheth
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a common occurrence, but the daily struggles to meet survival needs take precedence over rights, entitlements and freedoms. As such, violence against women and girls thrives on deprivation, poverty, acceptance and concealment coupled with women’s dependence on men and male-dominated decision-making in most spheres of life. Even with increased awareness about VAWG, there was a fear to lose ‘care’ among women and custody over their children, which kept violence unreported and hidden. In practice, for policies and programmes to be effective, the multiple vulnerabilities of being female, mothers, poor, illiterate, married and the limitations on access and control over household and communal resources as intersectionalities need to be addressed. It is important for policy makers and programme implementers to continuously develop and adapt interventions and approaches considering the multilayered lived experiences of women and girls that expose them to and sustain violence.
329-345 p.
2019-02-02T00:00:00Z