In rural Burkina Faso, most people get their drinking water through boreholes, a narrow vertical shaft drilled into the ground. Women and girls are traditionally responsible for fetching water, often traveling for miles several times a week.
This brief is part of USAID 's Water and Development Technical Series, which provides guidance on important topics for developing and implementing water and sani
This Water and Development Technical Brief provides guidance for designing strategies, projects, and activities that improve women's and girl's empowerment in WASH.
Sylvia Cabus serves as Senior Gender Advisor for USAID’s Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. In this podcast, Sylvia speaks with Global Waters Radio about some of the many ways the Agency integrates gender into its water, sanitation, and hygiene programming.