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Fawcett Ben and Deepa Joshi (2001). ‘Water Projects and Women’s Empowerment.’ inProceedings of the 27th WEDC Conference, People and Systems for Water, Sanitationand Health. Lusaka.(http://www.eng4dev.soton.ac.uk/eng4devpdfs/R6575%20WEDC%20Paper.PDF )Women in the Swajal project area in Uttar Pradeh, India, did a participatory 'healthy homessurvey". For poor women, in poor housing conditions it was difficult to meet the projectstandars - apparently there had been no definition with poor women on 'their' homehygiene and achieving it with their means. Men's roles and responsibilities in homehygiene were totally overlooked. Full research published as Joshi, Deepa. The Rhetoricand Reality of Gender Issues in the Domestic Water Sector - A Case Study from India.PhD thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University ofSouthampton, UK. May 2002.Gordon McGranahan, Simon Lewin, Taryn Fransen, Caroline Hunt, Marianne Kjellen,Jules Pretty, Carolyn Stephens, Ivar Virgin (1999).’Evironmental change and human healthin countries of Africa, the Carribbean and the Pacific.’Urban Health and Development Bulletin - Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2000. StockholmEnvironment Institutehttp://www.sei.se/newreport.htmlAfter introducing the broad global, economic, political, social, institutional context, thereport describes and compares the health status and key health threats in ACP countries.It reviews environmental developments and how they are influencing health. Locallyappropriate environmental health priorities and measures are identified. Faecal-oraldiseases and their reduction are included throughout the document as they are the mostimportant contributor to the environmental burden of disease in ACP-African countries andin certain Pacific and Caribbean countries.Hart, Roger A. (1997). Children's participation : the theory and practice of involving youngcitizens in community development and environmental care.London, UK, Earthscan. - xi, 208 p. : 23 boxes, 83 fig. - Bibliography: p. 195-203. -Includes index ISBN 1853833223 Price: GBP 18.95 This book, commissioned by UNICEF,concentrates on the conceptual issues, processes and methods for involving children (upto 14 years of age) in research, planning, design, management and monitoring of theenvironment. The “environment” is interpreted broadly to include, for example, the planningof housing areas and the management of playgrounds. Detailed case studies are providedfrom urban and rural, poor and middle class communities from the North and South. Partone of the book contains an introduction and chapters on conceptual issues relating tochildren's capacity to participate, organisation principals, and new models for involvingchildren and new institutional alliances. The organisations described range fromcommunity schools to children's organisations, clubs, local government and NGOs. Parttwo on children's participation in practice begins with action research followed by sectionson environmental planning, management and monitoring, public awareness and politicalaction, and networks. The final part of the book describes participatory methods forinvolving children, including drawings and collages; mapping and modelling; interviewingand surveys; and media and communication.48 Hygiene promotion