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Bird's Eye
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cultural contexts
Dalit Woman
development policy critique
DFID's Strategy
domestic water provision
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Fetch Water
Field Team Members
Gender Mainstreaming
gender relationships
HQ Level
intersectionality in resource access
Local NGO
NGO Agency
NGO Staff
NGO's Director
participatory water management
Public Taps
Reflect Field Experience
rural livelihoods analysis
Rural Water Supply
Saraswati Devi
Small Town Water Supplies
Smallholder Irrigation
social anthropology methods
Soft Porridge
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UK Face
UK Water
UK Water Industry
Water Committee Member
water development
water governance gender equity
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781845201241
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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There is a renewed global commitment to 'water for all'. Yet even though women are usually responsible for domestic water provision, their needs and voices continue to be marginalized in the development process. A close analysis of current policy and practice shows that organizations providing improved water supplies to poor communities typically neglect the gendered nature of access to and control over water resources. The resulting gender bias causes inefficiencies and injustices in water provision and reduces the effectiveness of well-meant efforts. This book shows how, in different environmental, historical and cultural contexts, gender has been an important element in water provision. It draws on a wide range of first-hand material, analyzed from different disciplinary perspectives. Case studies include analysis of the role of water in inhibiting the fight against HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, and the challenges of taking gender into account in large water projects in India and Nepal.
Anne Coles is Research Associate, International Gender Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Tina Wallace is Research Associate, International Gender Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Senior Research Fellow, School of Business, Oxford Brookes.
