Diverting the Flow: Gender Equity and Water in South Asia - Hardcover

Margaret Zwarteveen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9381017204 ISBN 13: 9789381017203

Publisher: Zubaan, 2012

Synopsis

Across the South Asian region, water determines livelihoods and in some cases even survival. However, water also creates exclusions. Access to water, and its power relations. This book provides an overview of gender, equity and water issues relevant to South Asia. The essays empirically illustrate and theoretically argue how gender intersects with other axes of social difference such as class, caste, ethnicity, age and religion to shape water access, use and management practices. Divided into six thematic sections, each of which starts with an introduction of relevant concepts, debates and theories, the book looks at laws and rights; policies; technologies and intervention strategies. In all, the book clearly shows how understanding and changing the use, distribution and management of water is conditional upon understanding and accommodating gender relations.

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About the Author

Margreet Zwarteveen is a researcher and lecturer in the Irrigation and Water Management Group of Wageningen University, the Netherlands.Sara Ahmed works for the Canadian International Development Research Center regional office in New Delhi.Suman Rimal Gautam is a water resources specialist at an international development consulting firm based in Washington, DC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zubaan
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9381017204
• ISBN 13: 9789381017203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 630