Integrating gender needs into drinking-water projects in Nepal

Regmi, Shibesh Chandra; Fawcett, Ben

doi:10.1080/741923243

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“…This increases the risk of sexual harassment, assault and animal attacks (Bridget Mahoney 2016). Women in three villages in Nepal have reported that they were not involved in tube well designing procedures and that they waited till night to undertake activities such as washing clothes and bathing (Regmi and Fawcett 1999). During wars and migration, women also face sexual harassment at the hands of male soldiers.…”

Section: Women Climate Change and Loss Of Securitymentioning

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Detrimental Effects of Climate Change on Women

Abid

Zafar³

et al. 2018

Earth Syst Environ

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Earth is undergoing inevitable changes in its climate as a result of both natural and man-made activities, e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes, rapid urbanization, population growth, agricultural intensification, etc. Women commonly face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change as they are more likely to be economically dependent than men and have less access to education and information that would allow them to manage climate-related risks to agriculture and livestock. Women make up the majority of the world's poor population. They tend to suffer more from the impacts of climate-related disasters and severe weather events due to regional cultural norms and unfair distribution of roles, resources, and power, especially in developing countries. Their role in combating climate change is seldom appreciated even though they give priority to their families even in the times of droughts and scarcity of food and water resources. This paper sheds light on climate change and its relation to women in different scenarios of the changing climate. These include agriculture, biodiversity, water, natural disasters, wars, migration, pollution, health and sanitation, education, disempowerment, security, social and psychological and human rights. Lastly, to mitigate the effects of climate change on women, recommendations to involve international funding organizations are also discussed.

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Section: Women Climate Change and Loss Of Securitymentioning

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Detrimental Effects of Climate Change on Women

Abid

Zafar³

et al. 2018

Earth Syst Environ

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“…Studies have shown how women in Nepal contribute up to 70% of the labor required for water management, with up to 30% of their daily labor time being taken up collecting water (WfWP 2004). In a study from three villages in western Nepal, it was found that women work up to 18 hours a day (collecting fuel, fodder and water), 1 while men normally work up to 13 hours (plowing fields and herding) (Regmi and Fawcett 1999). In 'leisure' hours, women knit, weave and sew (activities within the domain of reproduction), while men were found to spend their leisure time drinking and playing cards.…”

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A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal

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Silva²,

Clement³

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As climate change becomes accepted as a reality in the scientific community, it is critical to continue to understand its impact on the ground, particularly for communities dependent on agriculture and natural resources. This report reviews the extensive literature on the vulnerability to climate change in South Asia, with a focus on gender. It highlights how vulnerability is intricately connected to existing social structures. With respects to gender inequalities, the report reviews how men and women are affected in different ways by climate shocks, while differing access to resources and cultural ideologies mean that their capacity to ‘adapt’ is also not equal. The report also notes the importance of other axes of inequality (caste, class and ethnicity) in shaping gendered vulnerability. It concludes by offering insights into potential ways forward to promote more equitable adaptation to change through improved policies and practices

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“…Women's concerns and priorities are often not taken into account in the planning and management of water projects (Boateng, Brown, and Tenkorang 2013;Cleaver 1998;Regmi and Fawcett 1999). Misunderstanding or failing to consider women's interests has resulted in water projects that fail to deliver the intended benefits (Boelens and Zwarteveen 2002).…”

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“…Misunderstanding or failing to consider women's interests has resulted in water projects that fail to deliver the intended benefits (Boelens and Zwarteveen 2002). For example, in Nepal after the installation of improved water points women continued to use traditional water sources to gain the privacy they needed because the tapstands were constructed in a public space along the roadside (Regmi and Fawcett 1999). In Mali, women preferred to use the wells rather than the newly constructed handpumps because they were seen as more reliable and could also be used by more than one person at a time (Gleitsmann, Kroma, and Steenhuis 2007).…”

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Gendered water spaces: a study of the transition from wells to handpumps in Mozambique

Houweling

2014

Gender, Place & Culture

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In many parts of rural Africa, women and children spend a lot of time collecting water. In the development literature, the water collection task is portrayed as oppressive, arduous, and disliked by women. Eliminating this activity from women's lives is believed to empower them, yet there has been little research investigating what actually happens at the water source or how women themselves perceive the time spent there. This research is based on one year of ethnographic fieldwork in five rural communities in the northern province of Nampula, Mozambique. Over this year, handpumps were constructed in communities where people previously collected water from distant shallow wells and rivers. This article compares the social interactions and activities between the customary water sites and the handpump through the lens of gendered space. The customary water sites are controlled by women and highly valued for their social attributes. While clean water is more accessible at the handpumps, men often regulate access to the technology and social activities are limited. This article contributes to feminist geography and political ecology by showing how differences in the materiality of water spaces interact with local norms to shape social interactions and gendered subjectivities, and how, in turn, men and women contribute to the production and meaning of these spaces. I argue that the handpumps open up new spaces for men and women to negotiate gender roles and (re)define their associations with modernity and development.

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Integrating gender needs into drinking-water projects in Nepal

Cited by 43 publications

References 6 publications

Detrimental Effects of Climate Change on Women

Detrimental Effects of Climate Change on Women

A framework to understand gender and structural vulnerability to climate change in the Ganges River Basin: lessons from Bangladesh, India and Nepal

Gendered water spaces: a study of the transition from wells to handpumps in Mozambique

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