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How the sanitation sector can clean up gender inequality

There is growing global momentum in the amplification of women’s voices, across sectors, cultures and regions of the world. Pro-women and gender equality discourse has emerged in the form of:

• social movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp

• journalism highlighting gender pay gaps worldwide

• policy agendas that prioritize gender mainstreaming and the girl child

• sex-disaggregated scientific data across sectors

• a tipping point in the business world through an increased understanding of the economic value that women bring.

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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/inequality-just-wont-wash-how-the-sanitation-sector-can-drive-gender-parity/