Safe destinations, healthy communities, and happy tourists: Guidelines for Government on Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Fiji’s tourism sector

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Vada, S
Gibson, D
Masau, N
Bibi, P
Dwipayanti, N
Powell, B
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2021
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This guideline provides recommendations to government on ways to assist hotels/ resorts to implement gender equality, disability and socially inclusive (GEDSI) Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)-at-Work practices in Fiji’s tourist sector and communities within the wider destination. It has been designed to improve the resilience of communities and the sustainability of GEDSI WASH services during the COVID-19 pandemic and climate-change related disasters. The provision of accessible and Inclusive WASH facilities for tourism employees and visitors is important for protecting human health, enhancing work productivity, promoting development, and meeting citizens’ human rights. Inclusive WASH-at-Work programmes within the tourism sector can significantly contribute to the sector’s sustainable development and its host communities, particularly post-COVID-19. Primary users Government Ministries and Departments who have a role in WASH in order to evaluate, implement and monitor Inclusive WASH programmes specifically in tourism workplaces and neighbouring communities in Fiji, and donors to obtain information on the Inclusive WASH-at-Work approach in Fiji’s tourism sector in order to support the implementation of national level processes that improves consistency of WASH approaches in Fiji’s tourism sector and local communities. Secondary users Hotels/resorts and tourism operators to improve the provision of sustainable and resilient WASH services in workplaces in Fiji. Inclusive WASH programmes generated from and for the tourism sector can work to ensure good WASH access within and surrounding hotel sites enhance knowledge and awareness of effective hygiene practices in the workplace and within local communities. Beneficiaries of the guidelines Communities and individuals, with a focus on socially vulnerable groups (women and young girls, people with disabilities, pregnant women, elderly people and children) within Fiji that will receive the highest quality training and required infrastructure from the primary users to meet their WASH needs in a sustainable and resilient manner.

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Vada, S; Gibson, D; Masau, N; Bibi, P; Dwipayanti, N; Powell, B, Safe destinations, healthy communities, and happy tourists: Guidelines for Government on Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Fiji’s tourism sector, 2021

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