2026

  • Azupogo, U., Bisung, E., Achore, M., Dickin, S., & Kangmennaang, J. (2026). Improving water security through social protection: Findings from a natural experiment with Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program. Social Science & Medicine, 400, 119222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119222
  • Azupogo, U. W., Konkor, I., Bisung, E., & Dickin, S. (2026). Cash transfers and household water security among the poor in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Journal of Water and Health, 24(3), 301–312. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2026.387
  • Molle, M. N., Mohammed, K., Pienaah, C. K., Soliku, O., Ongoh, M., Bisung, E., & Luginaah, I. (2026). “I receive free money yet cannot afford water”: Linking cash transfers to improved water security in northern Ghana. Water Security, 28, 100201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2026.100201
  • Meho-Akakpo, P., Bisung, E., & Elliott, S. J. (2026). “If you don’t participate, how do you take part in decision-making”: Exploring barriers to gender-transformative policymaking and programming in Ghana’s health and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sectors. H2Open Journal, 9(5), 100050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htopen.2026.100050
  • Jebuni, J., Elliott, S. J., & Bisung, E. (2026). “The fear of violence is always there”: Gender-based violence, water and sanitation insecurity in Ghana. Social Science & Medicine, 404, 119502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119502

2025

  • Molle, M. N., Saaka, S. A., Bisung, E., Soliku, O., & Luginaah, I. (2025). Cash transfers, beneficiaries’ livelihoods, and co-responsibilities in the context of water and sanitation insecurity in Ghana. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 15(4), 355–366. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2025.337
  • Dickin, S., Siddique, S., Liera, C., Dupont, G., & Bisung, E. (2025). Assessing the importance of gender transformative WASH: evidence from a gender-mainstreamed WASH programme in Bangladesh. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 41(4), 789–811. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2025.2505867

2023

  • Dery, F., Bisung, E., Abudho, B., Soliku, O., & Dery, G. (2023). Examining the health and wellbeing of women sanitation workers in Ghana and Kenya. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 5, 100167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2023.100167
  • Macura, B., Foggitt, E., Liera, C., Soto, A., Orlando, A., Del Duca, L., Carrard, N., Hannes, K., Sommer, M., & Dickin, S. (2023). Systematic mapping of gender equality and social inclusion in WASH interventions: knowledge clusters and gaps. BMJ Global Health, 8(1), e010850. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010850
  • Brewis, A., DuBois, L. Z., Wutich, A., Adams, E. A., Dickin, S., Elliott, S. J., Empinotti, V. L., Harris, L. M., Ilboudo Nébié, E., & Korzenevica, M. (2023). Gender identities, water insecurity, and risk: Re-theorizing the connections for a gender-inclusive toolkit for water insecurity research. WIREs Water, 11(2), e1685. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1685
  • Dickin, S., & Gabrielsson, S. (2023). Inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene: Challenges and opportunities for measurement and monitoring. Water Security, 20, 100143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2023.100143

2022

  • Hamlet, L., Gutierrez, V., Soto, A., & Dickin, S. (2022). Barriers to women’s participation, leadership, and empowerment in community-managed water and sanitation in rural Bolivia. H2Open Journal, 5(3), 532–548. https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2022.021
  • Dickin, S., & Caretta, M. A. (2022). Examining water and gender narratives and realities. WIREs Water, 9(5), e1602. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1602

2021

  • Dery, F., Bisung, E., Dickin, S., & Atengdem, J. (2021). ‘They will listen to women who speak but it ends there’: examining empowerment in the context of water and sanitation interventions in Ghana. H2Open Journal, 4(1), 231–243. https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2021.100
  • Bisung, E., & Dickin, S. (2021). Who does what and why? Examining intra-household water and sanitation decision-making and autonomy in Asutifi North, Ghana. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 11(5), 794–804. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2021.039
  • Dickin, S., Bisung, E., Nansi, J., & Charles, K. (2021). Empowerment in water, sanitation and hygiene index. World Development, 137, 105158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105158

2020

  • Bisung, E., & Dickin, S. (2020). Concept mapping: Engaging stakeholders to identify factors that contribute to empowerment in the water and sanitation sector in West Africa. SSM – Population Health, 9, 100490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100490

2019

  • Dery, F., Bisung, E., Dickin, S., & Dyer, M. (2019). Understanding empowerment in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH): a scoping review. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 10(1), 5–15. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2019.077
  • Abu, T. Z., Bisung, E., & Elliott, S. J. (2019). What if your husband doesn’t feel the pressure? An exploration of women’s involvement in WaSH decision making in Nyanchwa, Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(10), 1763. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101763