This study was carried out in Marondera Rural District, Zimbabwe to investigate the gender
sensitivity, health risk potential, degree of comfort and stakeholder involvement specifically for the
urine diversion dry toilet (UDDT). It was found that women were predominantly responsible for
cleaning the toilets while men were generally responsible for installation of the systems, harvesting
the excreta from the toilets and its application on the fields. Respondents perceived the health risk
potential of UDDT as lower than other alternative sanitation systems in the area. During
menstruation there were more female respondents (60%) were comfortable with the use of their
toilets for NON-UDDT owners compared to UDDT systems owners (40%). It was concluded that
there was some gender-bias regarding distribution of responsibilities. Appropriate devices should be
added to the UDDT to improve comfort of use for women and to enable the use of the UDDT for
bathing purposes.