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Table 3 Gender variations in shared latrine cleaning

From: Gender variations in access, choice to use and cleaning of shared latrines; experiences from Kampala Slums, Uganda

Male

Female

Positive aspects

Negative aspects

Positive aspects

Negative aspects

• Men more than women can be co-opted in maintenance that is beyond cleaning

• Limited role in child care which is primary household sanitation and hygiene

• Mainly take on child care which involves a lot of toilet training

• Lack resources for cleaning and maintenance

• Willing to clean shared latrines for payment

• Cleaning of latrines and hygiene culturally seen as female roles

• Want to show their men that they are clean

 
 

• Think they are meant to deal with ‘out of home’ and ‘hard affairs’ and not the ‘soft’ aspects like sanitation

• Society thinks that women should mind domestic sanitation problems

 
 

• Peer pressure is for outward standards than private standards such as household hygiene

• Tend to be more mindful of latrine status.

 
  

•Peer pressure to sustain some hygiene standards works to keep latrines clean

 
  

• Women most likely to discuss hygiene and sanitation since they stay home (social groups among women)