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
Clement, Floriane
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Harcourt, W. J.
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Joshi, Deepa
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Sato, C.
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[Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning]
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Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning
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
Mainstreaming gender in water governance through “how to do gender” toolkits has long been a development focus. It has been widely argued that such toolkits simplify the complex, nuanced realities of inequalities by gender in relation to water and fail to pay attention to the fact that the propos...
Shrestha, Gitta
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Joshi, Deepa
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Clement, Floriane
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[Masculinities and hydropower in India: a feminist political ecology perspective]
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Masculinities and hydropower in India: a feminist political ecology perspective
Despite decades of gender mainstreaming in the water sector, a wide gap between policy commitments and outcomes remains. This study aims at offering a fresh perspective on such policy gaps, by analysing how gendered discourses, institutions and professional culture contribute to policy gaps. We r...
Shrestha, Gitta
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Clement, Floriane
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[Unravelling gendered practices in the public water sector in Nepal]
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Unravelling gendered practices in the public water sector in Nepal