A partnership approach to the design and use of a quantitative measure: Co-producing and piloting the WASH gender equality measure in Cambodia and Nepal

Q2 Social Sciences

Development Studies Research Pub Date : 2022-05-17 DOI:10.1080/21665095.2022.2073248

D. Gonzalez, Rana Abdel Sattar, Ratan Budhathoki, N. Carrard, Rachel P. Chase, Joanne Crawford, G. Halcrow, Tyler Kozole, Jess MacArthur, C. Nicoletti, Veasna Toeur, Min Prasad Basnet, Aastha Chhetri, H. Gurung, Ambika Yadav, Pa Vourchnea, J. Willetts

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ABSTRACT The connections between WASH and gender equality have been extensively explored and documented using qualitative approaches, but not yet through quantitative means in ways that can strengthen WASH programming. The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Gender Equality Measure (WASH-GEM) is a novel quantitative multidimensional tool co-produced in partnership between researchers and practitioners. This article explores three dimensions of the WASH-GEM co-production and implementation: (i) the role of partnerships in co-production processes for bringing contextual and practitioner knowledge into measure development; (ii) selected results from the validation pilot in Cambodia and Nepal (n = 3,056) that demonstrate ways in which the measure can inform WASH programming through analysis at different levels and with different co-variants; and (iii) the collaborative process of translating research into programming. The study illustrates that strong partnership and co-production processes were foundational for the development of a conceptually rigorous quantitative measure that has practical relevance. The findings presented in this article have implications for future measure development and WASH programming that aims to influence gender equality in rural communities.

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设计和使用定量措施的伙伴关系方法：在柬埔寨和尼泊尔共同制定和试行讲卫生男女平等措施

摘要：人们已经使用定性方法对讲卫生运动与性别平等之间的联系进行了广泛的探索和记录，但还没有通过定量方法来加强讲卫生运动的规划。水、环境卫生和个人卫生性别平等措施（WASH-GEM）是研究人员和从业者合作开发的一种新的定量多层面工具。本文探讨了WASH-GEM联合制作和实施的三个方面：（i）合作伙伴关系在联合制作过程中的作用，将背景知识和从业者知识纳入衡量发展；（ii）柬埔寨和尼泊尔验证试验的选定结果（n = 3056），其展示了该措施可以通过不同水平和不同共变体的分析来告知讲卫生运动规划的方式；三将研究转化为方案拟订的合作进程。该研究表明，强有力的合作伙伴关系和共同生产过程是制定具有实际意义的概念上严格的定量措施的基础。这篇文章中提出的研究结果对未来旨在影响农村社区性别平等的措施制定和讲卫生运动方案具有启示意义。

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Development Studies Research Social Sciences-Development

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3.20

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