Presented in this report are the findings of the scoping study conducted in Bawana resettlement colony that examined the vulnerability of urban poor women and girls when they have to access insensitive infrastructure and services. The report brings to forth that they face dual vulnerability. Being women, they are always considered as “second citizens” to every policy, plan, programme and benefit. Moreover, when this gender identity is coupled with poverty, age, disability, etc., the impact is much more complex and severe.

This contains excerpts from the Final Report on the Action Research Project on Women’s Rights and Access to Water and Sanitation in Asian Cities, Jagori and WICI: 2011

This report documents the key findings of the action-research project on women’s rights and access to essential services in JJ re-location areas of Delhi with a view to address the ‘gender service gap’ by identifying issues of safety and security with reference to essential services like water, sanitation, solid waste management and power supply. It also delves upon the extent of gender-sensitivity of the current urban essential services governance frameworks in Delhi and explores ways of engaging resettled women with their local government agencies and other service providers.