“Gender, Equity, Persons with disabilities and social inclusion”

“Gender, Equity, Persons with disabilities and social inclusion”

News & Events / December 1, 2025

The Urban Development Cell, CGG, Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia, Uttarakhand Academy of Administration conducted a two-day training program on “Gender, Equity, Persons with disabilities and social inclusion” from 19-20 November, 2025 in Academy. The Programme was sponsored by National Institute of Urban Affairs and conducted as a part of Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP). A total of 25 participants from Urban Local Bodies, Himalayan State and parastatal organisation participated in the programme. Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) are foundational to the success of urban development and sanitation efforts. Around the world, sanitation remains deeply gendered, shaped by unequal access, unsafe infrastructure, lack of dignity, and everyday risks disproportionately faced by women, girls, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and other structurally excluded groups. Ensuring equitable sanitation access is not only a human rights imperative but a practical pathway to better health, economic opportunity, environmental outcomes, and inclusive urban resilience.

Programme Objective:

  • To help urban sanitation practitioners shape the inclusivity, safety, and equity of sanitation services.
  • To strengthen ability to identify exclusion, apply a GEDSI lens across planning and service delivery, and build cities that work for all.
  • To understand fundamental GEDSI concepts, explore how GEDSI intersects with urban sanitation, and understand national and international commitments that inform inclusive practice.
  • The understand practical aspects that span throughout the entire sanitation value chain including Planning for inclusive sanitation, Gender budgeting, Strategies for addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in the context of WASH and Critical components on creating safe and respectful workplaces, including orientation to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act.
  • To examine tools, approaches, and real-life examples that show how inclusive sanitation is not just a vision—it is a set of actionable practices that lead to better outcomes for everyone.
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Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration UAoA (Uttarakhand Academy of Administration) originally established as Officers' Training School (O.T.S.) at Allahabad in 1951, was shifted to Nainital in 1971. In 1974 the institution was renamed as Administrative Training Institute (A.T.I.) and in 1988 it was raised to the status of Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration (UPAA). In the year 2000, after creation of Uttaranchal as a separate state, the academy was named as Uttaranchal Academy of Administration (UAoA). Now Academy is known as Dr. Raghunandan Singh Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration (DRTSUAoA).