Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal
In Nepal, as in other South Asian countries, water resource development is often considered to be a primarily technological challenge, requiring engineered solutions. Many years of advocacy for gender equality in water management - drawing attention to the need for local institutional changes has sh...
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| author | Shrestha, Gitta Clement, Floriane |
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| description | In Nepal, as in other South Asian countries, water resource development is often considered to be a primarily technological challenge, requiring engineered solutions. Many years of advocacy for gender equality in water management - drawing attention to the need for local institutional changes has shifted this outlook. Thus, today women’s participation in water user associations (WUA) is encouraged and identified to be key in enabling gender equality, a more equal participation in water governance, and a more equal share of water infrastructure and services. Nonetheless, these well intention efforts tend to overlook complex social dynamics in rural areas, which influence the effectiveness of women’s participation. If initiatives to engaging women are to succeed in promoting gender equality, they must be considered in the light of the wider social and political contexts – of what makes for a community, a society. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1063482025-11-07T08:24:23Z Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal Shrestha, Gitta Clement, Floriane water governance rural areas In Nepal, as in other South Asian countries, water resource development is often considered to be a primarily technological challenge, requiring engineered solutions. Many years of advocacy for gender equality in water management - drawing attention to the need for local institutional changes has shifted this outlook. Thus, today women’s participation in water user associations (WUA) is encouraged and identified to be key in enabling gender equality, a more equal participation in water governance, and a more equal share of water infrastructure and services. Nonetheless, these well intention efforts tend to overlook complex social dynamics in rural areas, which influence the effectiveness of women’s participation. If initiatives to engaging women are to succeed in promoting gender equality, they must be considered in the light of the wider social and political contexts – of what makes for a community, a society. 2019 2019-12-30T12:09:07Z 2019-12-30T12:09:07Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106348 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Shrestha, Gitta; Clement, Floriane. 2019. Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 2p. |
| spellingShingle | water governance rural areas Shrestha, Gitta Clement, Floriane Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal |
| title | Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal |
| title_full | Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal |
| title_short | Gender, Social Capital and Collective Action: A gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west Nepal |
| title_sort | gender social capital and collective action a gender perspective on collective sustainability of water resource governance in west nepal |
| topic | water governance rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106348 |
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