INVESTING IN

WOMEN & GIRLS: Funding Solutions in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

780 MILLION

WITHOUT ACCESS

TO SAFE DRINKING WATER

2.5 BILLION

WITHOUT ACCESS

TO IMPROVED SANITATION

HIGH PROJECT FAILURE RATES

IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 30% FAIL

WITHIN FIRST 2 YEARS

:: THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS

:: SOLVING THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS

Importance of integrated Water, Sanitation

and Hygiene programming

Focus on inclusive long-term sustainability

rather than short-term hardware investments

Water For People Everyone Forever approach

WHY INVEST IN

WOMEN + GIRLS?

When 10% more girls go to school, a country’s GDP increases on average by 3%

When women have the same amount of land as men, crop yields increase by 10%

When women’s share of seats in political bodies is greater than 30% = more inclusive, egalitarian and democratic societies

WHY INVEST IN

WOMEN + WASH?

:: WHY INVEST IN WOMEN + WASH

:: WHY INVEST IN WOMEN + WASH

:: WHY INVEST IN WOMEN + WASH

Non-profit dedicated to ending water and sanitation poverty for Everyone Forever

Leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues

Together transforming the water sector and changing the lives of women and girls

WASH in 426 schools and 49 communities across Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, and India

Monitoring programs to improve work and ensure effective, long-term solutions

Scoping out areas for expansion and influencing for replication

THE INDIA EXPERIENCE

:: XYLEM + WATER FOR PEOPLE {THE INDIA EXPERIENCE}

IMPACT OPPORTUNITY • If India enrolled 1% more girls in secondary

school, its GDP would rise by $5.5 billion

• At least 23% of girls in India drop out of school when they start menstruating and those that don’t leave, between the ages of 12 and 18, miss an average of 5 days during each menstrual period.

WORKING TO CHANGE THAT

:: XYLEM + WATER FOR PEOPLE {THE INDIA EXPERIENCE}

GIRL FOCUSED PROGRAMMING

Put girls in charge: • Involve female students in design process

Ensure girl-friendly facilities: • More privacy, wider bathroom stalls,

mirrors, and incinerators

Dispel myths and taboos around female hygiene: • Girls leading school committees on health

and hygiene education

IMPACT

:: XYLEM + WATER FOR PEOPLE {THE INDIA EXPERIENCE}

POWERFUL OUTCOMES

• Helps keep girls in schools

• Replication by government with own financing District of East Medinipur plans to invest

~$2 million USD to replicate school WASH program in over 700 schools

• School approach integrated into national government’s Whole School Development Plan

WHY THIS

IS A SUCCESS

:: XYLEM + WATER FOR PEOPLE {A SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP}

• Partnership built on strengths of each organization

• Long-term commitment and investment creates sustainable and innovative programs

• Capitalizes on employee expertise to support programs while boosting work morale

• Influential partnership with the ability to advocate for sustainable approaches and create transformative change