The Right to Clean Water and Sanitation and its Influence on Gender-based Violence in the Dadaab Refugee Camp (Kenya)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14422/mis.v78.i153.y2020.008Keywords:
Dadaab refugee camp, right to clean water and sanitation, gender-based violence, human rights, Sustainable Development GoalsAbstract
The aim of this paper is to analyse the right to clean water and sanitation and its influence on gender-based violence in the Dadaab refugee camp (Kenya). To this end, the parameters set out in the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s General Comment No. 15 are explored: availability, quality and accessibility of water and sanitation. In addition, this paper studies various forms of gender-based violence present in the camp that may be related to the failure to comply with Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation.
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