[PDF] A Gender Perspective To Understanding And Enhancing The Functionality Of Water Supply Systems In Nepal eBook

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 19,9 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9292549766

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The Community-Based Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project aimed at expanding the coverage of improved water supply and sanitation facilities to poor and remote areas, and improving health and hygiene practices. Promoting equality between women and men and gender relations is relevant to the main aim of the project as well as to the project strategies. In this initiative, the focus was on gender equality and social inclusion, with an emphasis on inequalities among women and men, and among people from various castes and ethnic minorities. The project developed a gender, caste, and ethnicity strategy that sought to ensure the participation of women and ethnic minorities in decision-making processes, as well as their increased representation in leadership positions. It encouraged user committees led or owned by women and community-based organizations to participate in project activities for making positive changes in the lives of women and for their empowerment.

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Page : pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Minorities
ISBN : 9789937859226

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These publications assess the current situation of gender equality and social inclusion in various sectors of Nepal's economy. They identify barriers faced by women, the poor and the excluded in accessing benefits, resources and services. They consider the policy, legislative and social barriers and how various policies, processes and programs have worked to address them.

Author : Anne Coles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000189856

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There is a renewed global commitment to 'water for all'. Yet even though women are usually responsible for domestic water provision, their needs and voices continue to be marginalized in the development process. A close analysis of current policy and practice shows that organizations providing improved water supplies to poor communities typically neglect the gendered nature of access to and control over water resources. The resulting gender bias causes inefficiencies and injustices in water provision and reduces the effectiveness of well-meant efforts. This book shows how, in different environmental, historical and cultural contexts, gender has been an important element in water provision. It draws on a wide range of first-hand material, analyzed from different disciplinary perspectives. Case studies include analysis of the role of water in inhibiting the fight against HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, and the challenges of taking gender into account in large water projects in India and Nepal.

Author : Chennat Gopalakrishnan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,80 MB
Release : 2005-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540238119

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This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions – administration policies and regulatory practices – in regional, national, and international settings. The coverage includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings; specific suggestions for sustainable institutional design; and recommendations for implementing institutional reforms.

Author : Pradhan, Rajendra
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,95 MB
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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In this paper, we explore how different norms around property rights affect the empowerment of women of different social positions over the life cycle. We first review the conceptual foundations of property, empowerment, and intersectionality, and then present the methodology and empirical findings from ethnographic field work in Nepal. Going beyond formal ownership of property, we look at changes in property rights over personal and joint property at different stages of women’s lives. Finally, the paper makes recommendations for how research and development projects, especially in South Asia, can avoid misinterpreting asset and empowerment data by incorporating nuance around the concepts of property rights over the household life cycle

Author : Dale Whittington
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789061458

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The global water and sanitation community is currently wrestling with the policy implications of two important realizations. The first is that it is quite possible for cities to actually run out of water–for the piped network to run dry. The second is that in many locations, basic water and sanitation interventions do not result in the large public health improvements that many water and sanitation professionals had hoped. As water and sanitation professionals work out the implications of these two realizations on policy and planning for water and sanitation improvements in the Global South, they will require an in-depth knowledge of local housing, water, and sanitation conditions, as well as a nuanced understanding of how households prioritize improvements in housing, water, and sanitation. The chapters in this book about Kathmandu illustrate the types of analyses of local conditions that are needed. Kathmandu holds many lessons for the global community about households’ responses to water scarcity and the management of water and sanitation services in periods of rapid urbanization and climate change. In Focus – a book series that showcases the latest accomplishments in water research. Each book focuses on a specialist area with papers from top experts in the field. It aims to be a vehicle for in-depth understanding and inspire further conversations in the secto