Research Projects

Research 2023 - 2024

On 14 November, 2022, coinciding with Water and Gender Day at COP27 in Egypt, Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Pat Conroy MP, announced a two-year extension for Water for Women to strengthen climate-resilient inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene for Asian and Pacific communities.

From 2023 to 2024 the Australian government is investing a further AUD41 million^[1] to support climate-resilient, inclusive and sustainable WASH services and systems, and safeguard water security in our region. This includes a further AUD4.21 million in funding for seven research projects exploring climate-resilient, inclusive WASH during this extension phase.

Water for Women recognises that research is a key pathway for development innovation and to inform policy-making and program delivery. Explore our new research projects below.

Research Focus: Supporting in-country partners to collect, analyse and use evidence to support climate-resilient, GEDSI-informed water resource planning, drawing on co-production, Participatory Action Research methods and systems thinking tools within an overall systems strengthening approach, to support incentives and implementation of climate-resilient water safety and water management planning.

Location: Cambodia

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Research 2018 - 2022

Map of Asia Pacific region with research locations highlighted

WASH Research (Type 2) Awards

WASH Research (Type 1) Awards

On 22 March, 2019 - World Water Day - the WASH (Type 1) Research Awards were announced by the Australian Ambassador to Thailand, Mr Allan McKinnon.

‘The Water for Women Fund is a partnership that values collaboration… Our two meetings in Bangkok are an important step towards cementing that collaborative spirit. It is how we have to work if we want to make a difference to the 2.1 billion people who do not have safely managed drinking water services and the 4.5 billion people who lack safely managed hygiene services. Working smarter is also important and we need good evidence to do this. I am therefore very pleased to announce the WASH Research Awards Type 1 today.'

The Type 1 Research Awards will address key sector knowledge gaps and contribute to the Water for Women Fund end of program outcome of “strengthened use of new evidence, innovation and practice in sustainable gender and inclusive WASH by civil society organisations, national and international WASH sector actors.”

The five selected projects are listed below, click on the project to learn more.

COVID-19 Research

Water for Women partners are undertaking research to better understand and support WASH responses to COVID-19 in the Indo-Pacific region in support of DFAT’s Partnerships for Recovery response - WASH is a critical response to all.

^[^1]This figure represents the latest total investment with the addition of the PNG WASH Consortium, WEBS, in July 2023.

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Research Projects

Research 2023 - 2024

Inclusive Pathways Towards Climate-Resilient WASH in Bangladesh - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Supporting Decentralised Rural Water Supply and Climate Resilience in Pacific Islands - The International WaterCentre at Griffith University

Exploring How Circular Economy Approaches Can Drive Inclusive Climate-Resilient WASH (Circle WASH) - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Addressing Climate Vulnerability in Nepal Through Resilient, Inclusive WASH Systems (RES-WASH) - The International Water Management Institute

Strengthening Water Resources Management for Climate-Resilient and Inclusive WASH Services - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Climate-Resilient Inclusive Urban WASH in Melanesian Pacific - The International WaterCentre at Griffith University

Resilience in a Changing Climate: Advancing Research on Groundwater for Equity (RECHARGE) - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Research 2018 - 2022

WASH Research (Type 2) Awards

Gender in WASH Partnerships, Workforce and Impact Assessment - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Community Based Water Management - The International WaterCentre at Griffith University

Changing Hygiene Around Maternal Priorities - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Changing Hygiene Around Maternal Priorities (CHAMP) Plus - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Water Supply and Gender - The International Water Management Institute

Climate Change Response for Inclusive WASH - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Gender-Transformative Social Accountability for Inclusive WASH - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

WASH Research (Type 1) Awards

Transitioning to Safely Managed Water Services in Self-Supply Contexts - The University of Technology Sydney, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Engaging Corporate Actors for Inclusive WASH - The International WaterCentre and Griffith University

Promoting Safe Child Faeces Management - The International WaterCentre and Griffith University

Improving WASH Access for Women and Girls with Disabilities - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Gender and Socially Inclusive Co-Design of Water-Sensitive Communities - Monash University and Emory University

COVID-19 Research

WASH, Foodways, Markets, Women and COVID-19 in Vanuatu - The International WaterCentre and Griffith University

Research and Innovation