About the Document

• The Rationale for framing the Right to Sanitation (RTS) as a human right.
• Legal Status of the Right to Sanitation—internationally and in India.
• The Rationale for framing the Right to Sanitation (RTS) as a human right.
• What it Means to Have the Right to Sanitation—internationally and in India.

A Gendered Understanding of the Right to Sanitation—Gendered Norms and Practice in Basic Sanitation, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Women’s Participation in the Sanitation Sector, Gender and Sanitation Work, Gender Beyond the Man-Woman Binary

Recommendations to frame key benchmarks from a gender perspective to assess sanitation policies and schemes and their implementation.