This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Akhila Sivadas is leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Further information and a discussion is available on the SuSanA discussion forum, see link below. Short description of the project: The focus of the project has been to improve the access of marginal and at risk communities, living in unauthorized and under-served settlements, to sanitation services through constructive engagement with government spearheaded by Women’s Forums in Delhi, Jaipur and Kolkata. Goals and objectives: Enable government mandated community structures to play a pro-active role in bringing about behavior change amongst 30 % of the total population across these three cities. Simultaneously, use the Convergence Program spearheaded by Mission Convergence, the State Water and Sanitation Mission and Urban Livelihood Mission to scale up sanitation services for poor and unauthorized settlements with specific focus on vulnerable populations such as women, girls and marginal communities. Improving responsiveness of planners using community based scoring, to set standards on sanitation behaviour and service delivery. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documents available for download (see below): 1 - Sanitation, water and hygiene: Strengthening community-centered and gender responsive provisioning. Mid term evaluation by IHD Research Team (2014) IHD Core Research Team for this document: Preet Rustagi Sunil Kumar Mishra Nivedita Kutty Vatsa Abhay Kumar

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Sivadas, A. et al. (2014). Partnering with Mission Convergence an Innovative Governance Reform Programme in Delhi, strengthening and expanding women-led empowerment strategies Various documents on results from research grant Institute for Human Development (IHD), Delhi, India

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