IV. Readings

Brief descriptions and references are provided in section 3-‘Resource Material in a Nutshell’



Section 1: Gender and Water – Key Concepts



1.1 Gender and Development: Concepts and Definitions
Authors: Hazel Reeves and Sally Baden

Link: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/re55.pdf
1.2 Gender Matters
Authors: Mona Grieser and Barbara Rawlin

Link: http://www.envcomm.org/pdf/chap4.pdf
1.3 Role of Men and Boys in Promoting Gender Equality
Author: Tamo Chattopadhay

Link: http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/Role_of_Men_and_Boys/Role_of_Men_and_
Boys.pdf
1.4 ‘Men-streaming’ Gender? Questions for Gender and Development Policy in the Twenty-first Century
Authors: Sylvia Chant and Matthew C. Gutmann

Link: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~courses/PoliticalScience/670A1/documents/ChantandGutma
nnMen-streamingGenderQuesGenderandDev21stc.pdf
1.5 Women and Water: An Ethical Issue
Authors: Alice Aureli and Brelet Caludine

Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001363/136357e.pdf
1.6 Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management: Why and How?
Authors: Niala Maharaj, Kusum Athukorala, Mariela Gracia Vargas and Gabriella Richardson

Link: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/forum-sustdev/francis%20paper.pdf
1.7 Why Gender Matters? A Tutorial for Water Managers
Authors: Cap-Net and GWA (Gender and Water Alliance)

Link: http://www.unwater.org/downloads/why_gender_matters.pdf
1.8 Reflections on Water: Gender and Governance in Indian Development
Author: Kuntala Lahiri Dutt

Link: http://rspas.anu.edu.au/gwn/resources/reflections_on_water_article.pdf
1.9 Gender Roles and Multiple Uses of Water in North Gujarat
Author: Bhawana Upadhyay

Link: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Working_Papers/working/WOR70.pdf
1.10 Men's Roles, Gender Relations, and Sustainability in Water Supplies: Some Lessons from Nepal
Authors: Shibesh Chandra Regmi and Ben Fawcett

Link: http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/nepalmenwomenrolesgender.pdf
1.11 Integrating Gender Perspectives: Realising New Options for Improved Water Management – Gender Implications
Authors: Jennifer Francis and Sybille Jahn

Link: http://www.bvsde.paho.org/bvsarg/i/fulltext/gender4/gender4.pdf
1.12 Water – A Gender Issue: Findings from Research in India and Nepal
Author: Tina Wallace

Link: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~cccrw/working%20papers/wallace1.pdf


Section 2: Gender and Drinking Water and Sanitation



2.1 Caste, Gender and the Rhetoric of Reform in India’s Drinking Water Sector

Author: Deepa Joshi

Link: http://beta.epw.in/static_media/PDF/archives_pdf/2011/04/RW_XLVI_18_300411_Deepa_
Joshi.pdf

2.2 Menstrual Hygiene in South Asia: A Neglected Issue for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Programmes

Authors: Therese Mahon and Maria Fernandes

Link: http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/menstrual_hygiene_in_south_
asia_1.pdf

2.3 Women and Water: A Policy Assessment

Authors: Nandita Singh, Prosun Bhattacharya, Gunnar Jacks and Jan-Erik Gustafsson

Link: http://www.bvsde.paho.org/bvsacd/cd29/women-policy.pdf

2.4 UN Water: Gendered Waters, Poisoned Wells: Political Ecology of the Arsenic Crisis in Bangladesh

Author: Farhana Sultana

Link: http://www.farhanasultana.com/publications/Sultana_FluidBonds_chapter.pdf

2.5 UN Water. 2006. Gender, Water and Sanitation: A Policy Brief

Authors: UN Water

Link: http://www.unwater.org/downloads/unwpolbrief230606.pdf

2.6 Gender, Water and Sanitation: Case Studies on Best Practices

Authors: UN (United Nations)

Link: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/water/casestudies_bestpractices.pdf

2.7 Integrating Gender Needs into Drinking Water Projects in Nepal

Authors: Ben Fawcett and Shibesh Regmi

Link: http://www.wateraid.org/documents/integrating_gender_needs.pdf

2.8 They Are Not of This House: The Gendered Costs of Drinking Water’s Commodification

Author: Kathleen O’ Reilly

Link: http://beta.epw.in/static_media/PDF/archives_pdf/2011/04/RW_XLVI_18_300411_Kathleen_
OReilly_2.pdf

2.9 Tiruchirappalli Shows the Way: Community-Municipal Corporation-NGO Partnership for City-Wide Pro-poor Slums’ Infrastructure Improvement

Author: WaterAid

Link: http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/tiruchirappalli_shows_the_way.pdf

2.10 Gender and Water – Securing Water for Improved Rural Livelihoods: The Multiple-Uses System Approach

Authors: Robina Wahaj and Maria Hartl

Link: http://www.ifad.org/gender/thematic/water/gender_water.pdf

2.11 Seen but Not Heard: A Review of the Effectiveness of Gender Approaches in Water and Sanitation Service Provision

Author: WaterAid Nepal

Link: http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/wa_nep__gender_study_report_july_2009.pdf

2.12 Gender in Water and Sanitation

Author: WSP (Water and Sanitation Programme)

Link: http://www.wsp.org/wsp/sites/wsp.org/files/publications/WSP-gender-water-sanitation.pdf

2.13 Does Increased Water Access Empower Women?

Author: Sasika Ivens

Link: https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/92325/original/does%2Bwater%2Baccess%2
Bempower%2Bwomen%253F.pdf

2.14 Women in Total Sanitation Campaign: A Case Study from Yavatmal District, Maharashtra, India

Author: Geeta Pardeshi

Link: http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-25-0-000-09-Web/JHE-25-2-000-2009-
Abst-PDF/JHE-25-2-079-09-1831-Pardeshi-G-S/JHE-25-2-079-09-1831-Pardeshi-G-S-Tt.pdf

2.15 Gender Disaggregated Data on Water and Sanitation: Expert Group Meeting Report

Authors: UN-DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) and UNW-DPC (UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development)

Link: http://www.unwater.org/downloads/EGM_report.pdf

2.16 Framework for Gender Mainstreaming Water and Sanitation for Cities

Author: UNHABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)

Link: http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/GenderMainsteamReport.pdf


Section 3: Gender and Irrigation



3.1 Men, Masculinities and Water Powers in Irrigation

Author: Margreet Zwarteveen

Link: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=331556&openurl=1&uiLanguage=en

3.2 Identifying Gender Aspects of New Irrigation Management Policies

Author: Margreet Zwarteveen

Link: http://publications.iwmi.org/pdf/H021512.pdf

3.3 Free-Riders or Victims: Women's Nonparticipation in Irrigation Management in Nepal’s Chhattis Mauja Irrigation Scheme

Authors:Margreet Zwarteveen and Nita Neupane

Link: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub007/
REPORT07.PDF

3.4 Gender and Irrigation in India: The Women’s Irrigation Group of Jambar, South Gujarat

Authors: Barbara van Koppen, Rashmi Nagar and Shilpa Vasavada

Link: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/51045/2/WOR10.pdf

3.5 Gender in Agriculture: Sourcebook

Authors: The World Bank, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation), and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)

Link: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGENAGRLIVSOUBOOK/Resources/CompleteBook.pdf

3.6 Gender Dimensions of Agricultural and Rural Employment: Differentiated Pathways Out of Poverty – Status, Trends and Gaps

Authors: FAO (Food and Agricultural Organisation), IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and ILO (International Labour Organisation)

Link: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1638e/i1638e.pdf


Section 4: Gender and Climate Change



4.1 Gender and Natural Disaster: Sexualized Violence and the Tsunami

Author: Claudia Felten Biermann

Link: http://www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org/sourcebook_files/Resources.2/Case%20Study
-%20Gender%20and%20Natural%20Disasters%20-%20Sexualized%20Violence%
20and%20the%20Tsunami.pdf

4.2 Gender and Climate Hazards in Bangladesh

Author: Terry Cannon

Link: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/downloads/FOG_Climate_15.pdf

4.3 Climate Change and Gender: Economic Empowerment of Women through Climate Mitigation and Adaptation?

Author: Sandra Bäthge

Link: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/33/46975138.pdf

4.4 Gender and Climate Change: Framework for Analysis, Policy & Action

Author:Jyoti Parikh

Link: http://data.undp.org.in/Gnder_CC.pdf

4.5 Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change

Author: : UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

Link: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/downloads/Resource_Guide_English_FINAL.pdf


Section 5: Gender and Water Policy



5.1 Women and Water Resources: Continued Marginalisation and New Policies

Author: Frances Cleaver and Diane Elson

Link: http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/6063IIED.pdf

5.2 Women and Decentralised Water Governance: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

Authors: Seema Kulkarni

Link: http://beta.epw.in/static_media/PDF/archives_pdf/2011/04/RW_XLVI_18_300411_Seema_
Kulkarni.pdf

5.3 Where are South Asia’s Women Professionals?

Author: SOPPECOM (Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management)

Link: http://www.soppecom.org/pdf/Report-%20situational%20analysis%20of%
20women%20water%20professionals%20in%20south%20asia.pdf

5.4 Reforming Water Adding Women: Does Decentralised Water Governance Further Gender Justice in India?

Author: SOPPECOM (Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management)

Link: http://www.soppecom.org/pdf/Policy%20brief%201.pdf

5.5 Water Projects and Women’s Empowerment

Authors: Deepa Joshi and Ben Fawcett

Link: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/R65752.pdf

5.6 Women’s Collective Action and Sustainable Water Management: Case of SEWA’s Water Campaign in Gujarat, India

Author: Smita Mishra Panda

Link: http://www.capri.cgiar.org/pdf/capriwp61.pdf

5.7 Addressing Water and Poverty at the Grassroots: A Case Study of Area Water Partnerships and Women and Water Networks in South Asia

Authors: Simi Kamal, Jasveen Jairath and GWA (Gender and Water Alliance)

Link: http://www.adb.org/water/actions/pak/PAK_water_poverty_grassroots.pdf

5.8 Resource Guide: Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management

Authors:GWA-UNDP (Gender and Water Alliance and United National Development Programme)

Link: http://waterwiki.net/images/2/22/GWA-UNDP_Gender_and_IWRM_Resource_Guide
_complete_200610.pdf

5.9 Gender in Water Resources Management, Water Supply and Sanitation Roles and Realities Revisited

Author:Christine van Wijk-Sijbesma

Link: http://www.irc.nl/page/1893

5.10 Diverting the Flow: A Resource Guide to Gender, Rights and Water Privatisation

Author:WEDO (Women’s Environment and Development Organisation)

Link: http://www.generoyambiente.org/arcangel2/documentos/52.pdf

5.11 For Her it’s a Big Issue: Putting Women at the Centre of Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene

Author:Julie Fisher

Link: http://www.unwater.org/downloads/EvidenceReport_eng.pdf