Safe drinking water and its acquisition: Rural women’s participation in water management in Maharashtra, India.
Abstract
The present study was on the participation of women in 10 villages which had a perennial problem of adequate and safe drinking water. These remote villages are situated in the arid region of Vidarbha in the state of Maharashtra,India. The endeavour to have safe and sufficient drinking water helped the women in fighting not only against poverty but also oppression, exploitation and human rights violation. Discussion and dialogue with men and women of the rural communities were the main methods used for data collection. The participatory research helped the women to realize that they too could be equal to men and advocates of rural sustainable development. The street plays and protests organized by the women and the consistent struggle for water created strong community awareness. The search for safe drinking water and water management by women had an all-pervading effect in all villages. The women also initiated programmes for social forestry and rain water harvesting to protect the environment. For the first time in the recent history of these villages, there was sufficient safe drinking water in seven villages during the summer months of 1997.
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Women and girls feared, risked, or experienced varied harms related to their water and sanitation circumstances and activities, with water fetching related harms in particular resulting in serious and long-term consequences, including general and localized pain, headaches and head injury, and injury from falls, trucks, and/or car accidents.
“Women and girls feared, risked, or experienced, varied harms related to their water and sanitation circumstances and activities (_((((xxx))))_)[62, 63, 78, 90, 101, 135, 141, 143, 144, 158, 168-170, 172-174, 177-179, 181, 182, 184, 186, 187, 189-191, 197-199, 201, 214, 226, 231, 244, 257, 258, 261, 276, 277, 296].Many noted exacerbated”
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Women accessed social networks to address water and sanitation problems and take on roles, including lobbying officials, raising complaints with local authorities, leveraging village council connections to access latrine construction subsidies, and creating strategic alliances with male household members.
“Women accessed social networks to address water and sanitation problems and take on roles [65,79,90,95,135,149,158,193].They used social networks to lobby officials to solve water problems (Thailand [193]), raise complaints with local authorities about water issues (Ecuador [79] and Nigeria [158]), leverage village council connections to access latrine construction subsidies (India [135]), and”
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Compromised water and sanitation environments have contributed to compromised mental well-being.
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- Authors
- Devasia, L.
- Corresponding author
- Devasia, Leelamma
- Venue
- International Journal of Water Resources Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1998-12
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 537-546
- ISSN
- 0790-0627 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0648
- OpenAlex
- W2091747816
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 0.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Water Resources Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
- Social Sciences › Education › Gender, Education, and Development Issues
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Keywords
- women's participation, water management, safe drinking water, rural women, gender equality, arid regions, Vidarbha, social forestry, rainwater harvesting, community awareness, women's protest movements, sustainable rural development, human rights
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