Title:
Water rights as women's rights? : assessing the scope for women's empowerment through decentralised water governance in Maharashtra and Gujarat
Authors:
Kulkarni, Seema
Place:
[Pune etc.]
Publisher:
SOPPECOM [etc.]
Year:
2008
PAGE:
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
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Gender, Citizenship and Governance
Keywords:
water supply, governance, women in politics, empowerment, decentralization in government, local government, gender, india
Abstract:
The implications of decentralization of water governance in Maharashtra and Gujarat, India, for environmental democracy and gender rights are examined. The question to what extent participation in community water governance has been empowering for women representatives is addressed.
URL:
http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/12442185011Final_report_India_Water.pdf
Document type:
Portal