In 2020, the JMP and GLAAS partnered with Emory University to lead a multi-year, multi-phase initiative to review opportunities for monitoring gender under WASH targets 6.1 and 6.2, and to identify priority gender-specific indicators for integration into national and global monitoring efforts. The priority gender-specific indicators recommended reflect the insights and inputs from an extensive number of experts and stakeholders with expertise in gender, WASH, and/or monitoring who provided feedback at various stages over the past several years.
This document presents the priority gender-specific indicators recommended for WASH monitoring under SDG targets 6.1 and 6.2 and provides guidance on the recommended gender-specific indicators, particularly to those engaged in monitoring efforts at national and global levels.
Fifteen priority gender-specific indicators are recommended:
W1. Proportion (%) of individuals who have experienced water insecurity in the last four weeks, by sex and age
W2. Proportion (%) of individuals who have worried in the last four weeks that they would not have enough water for all of their needs, by sex and age
W3. Sex and age distribution of primary household water collector
W4. Average time primary water collector spends per day collecting drinking water, by sex and age
W5. Average time primary water collector spends per day collecting water for all household needs, by sex and age
W6. Average time children/adolescents spend per day collecting water for all household needs, by sex and age
W7. Proportion (%) of individuals who felt unsafe collecting water in the last four weeks due to fear of being harmed or assaulted by someone, by sex and age
W8. Proportion (%) of individuals who believe that women and girls in their community face the risk of being physically harmed or assaulted when collecting water, by sex and age
S1. Proportion (%) of individuals who reported that the sanitation location they used most often in the last four weeks was clean, private, and safe, by sex and age
S2. Proportion (%) of individuals who felt unsafe at the sanitation locations they used most often in the last four weeks due to fear of being harmed or assaulted by someone, by sex and age
S3. Proportion (%) of individuals who believe that women and girls in their community face the risk of being physically harmed or assaulted when accessing sanitation locations, by sex and age
H1. Proportion (%) of individuals who reported that the bathing location they used most often in the last four weeks was private and safe, by sex and age
H2. Proportion (%) of individuals who felt unsafe at the bathing location they used most often in the last four weeks due to fear of being harmed or assaulted by someone, by sex and age
MH1. Proportion (%) of individuals who menstruate who changed their menstrual materials in a space at home was clean, private, and safe during their last menstrual period, by age
MH2. Proportion (%) of individuals who menstruate who reported having enough menstrual materials to change as often as they wanted during their last menstrual period, by age