OGDS, GEPALEF, SiMIRALENTA and CFCEM/GA presented new insights based on their work in Saint Louis, Abidjan, Antananarivo and Bukavu, in the form of 4 short films.
Session 1 tackled women’s invisible sanitation work in Saint Louis and gendered taboos surrounding bodies & toilets in Abidjan.
Session 2 explored opportunities and constraints for women in the formal sanitation sector in Antananarivo and discuss access to public toilets and collective action in Bukavu.
This follows discussions on gendered sanitation taboos during the September 2021 OVERDUE workshop and a 1st phase of interviews (March – May 2021) documenting women’s experiences of sanitation.
Presentations were followed by discussions and reflections from:
Sonia M. Dias WIEGO
Waste Specialist
Ibrahim Bakarr Bangura
SLURC
Researcher OVERDUE Freetown team
Claudy Vouhé
L’être égale, Gender expert & OVERDUE WP3 co-lead
Tatu Mtwangi-Limbumba
Ardhi university
Senior Researcher OVERDUE Mwanza team
Festo Dominic Makoba
CCI
Water and Sanitation Engineer
OVERDUE Mwanza team
Adriana Allen
DPU, UCL, OVERDUE principal investigator and president of Habitat International Coalition
Catarina Simões Mavila
COWI
Researcher OVERDUE Beira team
Theme 1: Women’s invisible work in the sanitation sector : The case of Saint Louis, Senegal – produced by OGDS
Theme 2: Body & toilet related taboos: The case of Abidjan, Ivory Coast – produced by GEPALEF
Theme 3: Opportunities and constraints for women in the formal Sanitation sector : The case of Antananarivo, Madagascar – produced by SiMIRALENTA in collaboration with Genre en Action, Green Way Madagascar and Madio Vidange et Plomberie
Theme 4: Access to public toilets & collective action: The case of Bukavu, DRC – produced by CFCEM/GA
