Opportunities and Constraints for Women’s Empowerment in Vietnam’s Rural WASH: 5 Case Studies of WOBA Communes
The Women-Led Output-Based Aid (WOBA) Vietnam is a project designed and implemented by Thrive Networks/East Meets West Foundation (EMW) to address challenges and inequities in Vietnam’s rural water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. A research study on the opportunities and constraints for women’s empowerment through WOBA Vietnam aims to consider all relevant domains in which women’s empowerment opportunities can arise through. The study aims to capture the gender experiences of women in WOBA from different perspectives: political, WASH work and entrepreneurship, community, households. The study also surmises that women must have the opportunities to engage and empowered as users, managers and change agents in their households, communities, political forums, and businesses.