Reflecting on water and sanitation infrastructure: a toolkit for WASH practitioners on gender and socially inclusive participatory design approaches in urban informal settlements

Dasha Moschonas; Becky Batagol; Michaela F. Prescott; Sudirman  Nasir; Robyn G. Mansfield; Ina Rahlina; Sheela Sinharoy; Litea Meo-Sewabu; Audra Bass; Isabel Charles; Hamdan Habsji; Adrianto Hidayat; Noor Ilhamsyah; Ihsan Latief; Liza Marzaman; Nur Intan Putri; Allison Salinger; Syaidah Syamsul; Iliesa Wise; Savitri  Soegijoko; Isoa Vakarewa; Alexander Wilson; Naomi Francis

doi:10.26180/20055209.v1

Reflecting on water and sanitation infrastructure: a toolkit for WASH practitioners on gender and socially inclusive participatory design approaches in urban informal settlements

Dasha Moschonas, Becky Batagol, Michaela F. Prescott, Sudirman Nasir, Robyn G. Mansfield, Ina Rahlina, Sheela Sinharoy, Litea Meo-Sewabu, Audra Bass, Isabel Charles, Hamdan Habsji, Adrianto Hidayat, Noor Ilhamsyah, Ihsan Latief, Liza Marzaman, Nur Intan Putri, Allison Salinger, Syaidah Syamsul, Iliesa Wise, Savitri SoegijokoIsoa Vakarewa, Alexander Wilson, Naomi Francis

Research output: Other contribution › Other

Abstract

This toolkit is designed to provide program implementers of water and sanitation infrastructure projects in informal settlements with guidance to enable the inclusive participatory design of improved, sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure in urban areas. This toolkit is primarily for Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) practitioners, particularly those working in the context of urban informal settlements.

Throughout the toolkit, an important focus is on co-learning: mutual knowledge exchange between local residents and those responsible for delivering infrastructure projects, to ensure that diverse individuals' voices are incorporated in the design process. The toolkit also emphasises reflective practice: the systematic, analytical reflection on one's own position and beliefs as a professional that are the starting point for meaningful co-design processes.

This toolkit is an output of research into practices in a specific context: the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program. RISE is a transdisciplinary action research program that is trialling decentralised water and sanitation infrastructure solutions in informal settlements in Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji. It is important to acknowledge that this toolkit is shaped primarily by research and experiences within the RISE context. Those working in water and sanitation infrastructure in urban informal settlements can use it in other countries as well, and not only for decentralised infrastructure systems.

This toolkit consists of three components: this booklet, which has tools organised in four categories - Understanding context; Water and sanitation infrastructure; Design process; Team composition and dynamics - as well as a card deck with discussion prompts, and the online library. The toolkit can be used flexibly, based on the needs of the user.

Original language	English
Type	A toolkit for WASH practitioners on gender and socially inclusive participatory design approaches in urban informal settlements
Media of output	online
Publisher	Monash University
Number of pages	72
Place of Publication	Melbourne Vic Australia
ISBN (Electronic)	9780646860879
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26180/20055209.v1
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2022

Keywords

design
gender and social inclusion
informal settlements
Indonesia
Fiji
gender
disability
SDG 5
SDG 4
SDG 6
SDG 10
SDG 11
WASH
water and sanitation infrastructure
water infrastructure
water
urban
Urban planning
participatory design
Community Engagement
co-design
Gender Equality
Asian studies
Pacific
sustainability
climate change
water policy
reflective practice
Marginalisation
Water sanitation and hygiene
Architecture
slums

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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10.26180/20055209.v1Licence: CC BY-NC

3 Article
1 Commissioned Report

“People are now working together for a common good”: The effect on social capital of participatory design for community-level sanitation infrastructure in urban informal settlements
Salinger, A. P., Charles, I., Francis, N., Batagol, B., Meo-Sewabu, L., Nasir, S., Bass, A., Habsji, H., Malumu, L., Marzaman, L., Prescott, M. F., Jane Sawailau, M., Syamsu, S., Taruc, R. R., Tela, A., Vakarewa, I., Wilson, A., Sinharoy, S. S. & on behalf of the RISE Consortium, Feb 2024, In: World Development. 174, 13 p., 106449.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access
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3 Citations (Scopus)
Key mechanisms of a gender and socially inclusive community engagement and participatory design approach in the RISE program in Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji
Francis, N. (Leading Author), Batagol, B., Salinger, A., Meo-Sewabu, L., Bass, A. C., Nasir, S., Moschonas, D., Taruc, R. R., Syamsul, S., Habsji, H., Tela, A., Vakarewa, I., Prescott, M. F., Charles, I., Riu, I., Wilson, A., Sawailau, M. J., Malumu, L. & Sinharoy, S. S., 3 Nov 2023, In: PLOS Water. 2, 11, 23 p., e0000186.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access
File
Co-design of water-sensitive settlement upgrading
Prescott, M. F., Spasojevic, D., Burge, K., Leersnyder, A., Ramirez-Lovering, D. & French, M., 2021, Asian Development Bank. 52 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research › peer-review

Open Access
File

1 Finished
1 Active

Health and economic benefits of environmentally sensitive watercycle management in informal urban settlements
Leder, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Brown, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wong, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ramirez, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chown, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Luby, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Johnston, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clasen, T. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reidpath, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), El Sioufi, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCarthy, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Forbes, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Allotey, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cahan, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simpson, J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Greening, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barker, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Henry, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sinharoy, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ansariadi, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burge, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Latief, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Taruc, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tela, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Turagabeci, A. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Winfrey, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Davis, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
11/07/17 → 11/07/26
Project: Research
WfW: Toolkit for the gender responsive co-design of WASH facilities
Batagol, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Sinharoy, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clasen, T. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Prescott, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Spasojevic, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Francis, N. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/19 → 1/05/22
Project: Research

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Moschonas, D., Batagol, B., Prescott, M. F., Nasir, S., Mansfield, R. G., Rahlina, I., Sinharoy, S., Meo-Sewabu, L., Bass, A., Charles, I., Habsji, H., Hidayat, A., Ilhamsyah, N., Latief, I., Marzaman, L., Putri, N. I., Salinger, A., Syamsul, S., Wise, I., ... Francis, N. (2022, May 31). Reflecting on water and sanitation infrastructure: a toolkit for WASH practitioners on gender and socially inclusive participatory design approaches in urban informal settlements . Monash University. https://doi.org/10.26180/20055209.v1

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Reflecting on water and sanitation infrastructure: a toolkit for WASH practitioners on gender and socially inclusive participatory design approaches in urban informal settlements

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Research output

“People are now working together for a common good”: The effect on social capital of participatory design for community-level sanitation infrastructure in urban informal settlements

Key mechanisms of a gender and socially inclusive community engagement and participatory design approach in the RISE program in Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji

Co-design of water-sensitive settlement upgrading

Projects

Health and economic benefits of environmentally sensitive watercycle management in informal urban settlements

WfW: Toolkit for the gender responsive co-design of WASH facilities

Cite this