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Sustainability Planning and Monitoring

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PARTICIPATORY TOOLS USED IN THE MPA6.8 Ladders (2)Men’s group in Indonesia assessing gender division of workload for operation <strong>and</strong>maintenance of water servicesPurposeThis activity is used to assess the impact of thewater service or the sanitation program onwomen’s time <strong>and</strong> workload in relation to that ofmen.Processtasks the members now carry out, using the cards.These cards are then ordered in the day’ssequence. A week’s or month’s sequence may beused in addition if there are tasks that are notcarried out daily. Using matchsticks or other easyto-countmaterials, members of each group thenestimate how much time they spent on eachactivity.A second ladder exercise similar to the first one isdone with the members of the water committee<strong>and</strong> other voluntary workers, who contribute time<strong>and</strong> work to keep the service going. It is also donewith focus groups of users for whom the projectintervention may also have affected time <strong>and</strong> laborpatterns.They discuss the changes that have occurredthrough the project. Has work increased,decreased, or stayed the same? Have cooperationpatterns in the household (work by women, men,boys <strong>and</strong> girls) changed?ResultsThe activity uses a series of small drawingsdepicting typical female work related to use <strong>and</strong>maintenance of water <strong>and</strong> sanitation services.Another series depicts men’s work. Each groupbegins by discussing the typical female <strong>and</strong> maleInformation emerges on who (women <strong>and</strong>men, rich <strong>and</strong> poor, girls <strong>and</strong> boys) does whatwork related to use <strong>and</strong> upkeep of watersupply <strong>and</strong> sanitation, <strong>and</strong> changes inworkload <strong>and</strong> work division within the79

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