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Women’s participation in local water governance: Understanding institutional contradictions.

Singh, Nandita·2006·Gender Technology and Development
DOI 10.1177/097185240501000104
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The participation of women in local water governance is currently envisaged as necessary for achieving sustainable management of water resources. Towards this end, institutions are being created in many developing countries enabling the participation of local people in the use and management of resources. How effective is the participation of women as makers and shapers within local water governance institutions—and how does their participation translate into benefits for their communities? How realistic is this participatory strategy in the traditional rural contexts of the developing world? Based on empirical evidence from rural India, where women do not constitute a homogenous group, this article seeks to explore how social and power differences among them thwart the beneficial effects of water governance in communities. The findings underscore the need to develop a holistic understanding of the institutional factors that differentiate among women and the implications of these on mechanisms of water governance put in place at the local level.

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  • Inclusion does not guarantee participation, voice, or decision-making power; women's participation in WASH-related governance has been constrained by a lack of awareness about the rules, a lack of transparency or distrust in political institutions, husbands or sons attending meetings in their place, and being ignored by men.

    “Yet, inclusion does not guarantee participation, voice, or decision-making power.Women's participation in WASH-related governance has been constrained by a lack of awareness about the rules (Uganda [102]), a lack of transparency or distrust in political institutions (Kenya [87]), husbands or sons attending meetings in their place (India [106]), and being ignored by men (Kenya [61]).”

    From Water, sanitation, and women’s empowerment: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis (2022) · cites this paper as [106]

  • In Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Uganda, governments and organizations that set up community water and sanitation committees have required the inclusion of women or encouraged and supported women's participation.

    “In Bangladesh, [177] Ghana, [83] India, [80, 106, 145, 180] Kenya, [61] and Uganda, [102] governments and organizations that set up community water and sanitation committees have required the inclusion of women [61,80,83,102,106,180] or encouraged and supported women's participation [145,177].”

    From Water, sanitation, and women’s empowerment: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis (2022) · cites this paper as [106]

  • In India, lower caste women were reported to lack access to handpumps constructed within upper caste areas, even when tasked with repairing them.

    “and were reported to lack access to handpumps constructed within upper caste areas, even when tasked with repairing them [106,152].”

    From Water, sanitation, and women’s empowerment: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis (2022) · cites this paper as [106]

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Authors
Singh, N.
Affiliations
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
Corresponding author
Singh, Nandita
ORCID
Singh, Nandita
Venue
Gender Technology and Development
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2006-01
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
61-76
ISSN
  • 0971-8524 (ISSN-L)
  • 0973-0656
DOI
10.1177/097185240501000104
OpenAlex
W2016519672
Cited by
53
References
14
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 7
FWCI
1.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Gender Technology and Development (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
  • Social Sciences › Education › Gender, Education, and Development Issues
Keywords
women's participation, local water governance, participatory institutions, gender differences, rural water management, institutional contradictions, sustainable water management, rural India

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