Our Impact

People Reached

Total beneficiaries who are accessing and using basic and improved
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services through Water for Women (2018 - 2024)

Final achievement against target of 3,985,696 people with direct benefit from the project over the entire program (110.44%). Total indirect beneficiaries is 7,278,692.

including

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries disaggregated by gender and disability

Final achievement against target of 1,998,472 women and girls over seven years (100.19%)

Final achievement against target of 1,960,304 men and boys (101.27%)

Final achievement against target 985 self-defined people (162.64%)

‘Self-defined’ represents people with a diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and/or sex characteristics. Includes transgender and gender diverse people who identify their gender as culturally appropriate.

Final achievement against target of 98,767 people with a disability (162.64%)

Climate Resilience

Strengthened capacity and infrastructure for climate resilience

Extension Phase only: Achievement against target of 164,490 people (117%)

Extension Phase only: Achievement against target of 9,086 facilities (110%)

164,490

Extension Phase only: Achievement against a target of 375 (225%)

Access to WASH

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) beneficiaries

Achievement against target of 1,212,509 people with improved access to water (141.16%)

Achievement against target of 2,023,009 people with improved access to sanitation (85.57%)

Achievement against target of 1,951,432 people with improved access to handwashing

Region & Country

Beneficiaries by region and country

Achievement against target of 1,188,050 (153.61%)

Achievement against a target of 2,551,526 (88.16%)

Achievement against a target of 246,120 (133.00%)

Bangladesh: 232,553 (18-22 only)

Bhutan: 240,144

India: 575,243

Nepal: 190,786

Pakistan: 586,323

Cambodia: 662,702

Indonesia: 952,327

Lao PDR: 387,039

Myanmar: 22,751 (18-22 only)

Timor-Leste: 59,861

Vietnam: 164,736 (18-22 only)

Fiji: 10,531 (18-22 only)

Papua New Guinea: 294,999

Solomon Islands: 13,459

Vanuatu: 8,361

Communities & Households

Communities, households, schools and health care facilities with improved WASH and students reached with menstrual health and hygiene education

Achievement against a target of 11,598 (95.90%)

Achievement against a target of 301,377 (239.52%) households reached

Achievement against a target of 475 (232.84%) schools reached

Achievement against a target of 334 (172.46%) health care facilities reached

Students reached with menstrual health and hygiene behaviour change activities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)

Water for Women tracked progress as part of a broader Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system that was overseen by the Fund Coordinator team. All progress data presented is based on Fund CSO project monitoring and reporting. Fund MEL is guided by a comprehensive MEL Framework, which draws on a range of quantitative and qualitative data sources and evidence to support learning and accountability for the Fund in accordance with DFAT Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Standards. WASH data is informed by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme indicators.

Fund targets in (i) are based on partner Civil Society Organisations (CSO) project baseline studies. Project targets are updated periodically in response to changes in context as appropriate.

*Some beneficiaries reached in the extension (2023 – 2024) may have been reached in the previous period between 2018 – 2022. A conservative estimate of people reached without double ups from the Extension Phase is 3,831,643

**Self-defined refers to people with a diverse sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and/or sex characteristics. Includes transgender and gender diverse people who identify their gender as culturally appropriate.

^Phase 1 considered only adolescent girls, while the Extension Phase expanded to consider all genders. There was no target set for this indicator.