Gender and Water – Securing Water for Improved Rural Livelihoods: The Multiple-uses Systems Approach
Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Climate and Environment, Human Development, Political Transitions
Region: No Region
Year: 2012
Citation: Wahaj, Robina and Maria Hartl. Gender and Water - Securing Water for Improved Rural Livelihoods: The Multiple-uses Systems Approach. International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2012.
Sub-Categories: Climate and Environment, Human Development, Political Transitions
Region: No Region
Year: 2012
Citation: Wahaj, Robina and Maria Hartl. Gender and Water - Securing Water for Improved Rural Livelihoods: The Multiple-uses Systems Approach. International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2012.
Executive Summary
This review examines the impact of water-related projects on women, women’s role in managing water resources and the constraints women face in gaining access to water. It presents lessons learned in promoting women’s participation in decision-making for water management using experiences from several IFAD-supported water programmes and projects. It highlights the innovative activities and catalysts that have helped to address gender issues in water programmes and projects. And it offers recommendations on how to improve women’s access to water resources through equitable development and gender mainstreaming.