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    Not just any toilet–women’s solutions to sanitation in informal settlements in Nairobi

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    Authors
    Winter, Sam
    Barchi, F.
    Dzombo, M.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Winter, S. and Barchi, F. and Dzombo, M. 2018. Not just any toilet–women’s solutions to sanitation in informal settlements in Nairobi. Development in Practice.
    Source Title
    Development in Practice
    DOI
    10.1080/09614524.2018.1519013
    ISSN
    0961-4524
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70878
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Evidence suggests sanitation development is more effective when women are involved. The purpose of this study was to provide women with an opportunity to share their perspectives and solutions to sanitation in informal settlements. Data were collected through 55 in-depth interviews with women in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. The most common solution was to build more toilets, but women had a variety of suggestions–including gender-specific solutions. Findings from this study suggest that it is imperative to start addressing women-specific burdens associated with sanitation in informal settlements.

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