Water security has become the new buzzword for water and development programmes in the rural South. The concept has potential to focus policymakers and practitioners on the inequalities and injustices that lie behind lack of access to affordable, safe, and clean water. The concept of women’s empo...
Leder, Stephanie
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Clement, Floriane
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Karki, Emma
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[Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal]
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Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Sugden, Fraser
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Clement, Floriane
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[Poverty, inequalities and vulnerability of the rural poor]
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Poverty, inequalities and vulnerability of the rural poor
Despite extensive literature on the complex nature of empowerment, current efforts to measure women’s empowerment in the agricultural development sector are largely limited to assessing visible forms of agency. We take a critical look at current efforts to measure women’s empowerment at the indiv...
O'Hara, C.
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Clement, Floriane
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[Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector]
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Power as agency: a critical reflection on the measurement of women’s empowerment in the development sector
Women’s empowerment has been a key tenet of international water security programmes. Discourses on water envision that enhanced access to water resources can transform disempowered women into successful rural entrepreneurs. However, because such programmes often rely on simplistic representations...
Clement, Floriane
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Karki, Emma
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[When water security programmes seek to empower women-a case study from western Nepal]
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When water security programmes seek to empower women-a case study from western Nepal