Does women’s participation in water committees affect management and water system performance in rural Vanuatu?

Mommen, Brecht; Humphries-Waa, Karen; Gwavuya, Stanley

doi:10.3362/1756-3488.16-00026

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“…Two key aspects must be addressed to deliver inclusive participation: first, it is necessary to quantitatively increase the participation of women. There is evidence that increasing the number of women in a communal group of resource management has a positive effect on the participation of other women who become more confident to take part and voice their needs (Agarwal, 2010(Agarwal, , 2015Mommen et al, 2017;Van Koppen et al, 2001). For this to happen, the broadly recognized need of formal access to land tenure of irrigable land for women both for subsistence and for livelihoods is of urgent resolution (Van Koppen, 2017).…”

Section: Discussion and Conclusion: Opportunities For More Women In Leadershipmentioning

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Inclusive participation, self-governance, and sustainability: Current challenges and opportunities for women in leadership of communal irrigation systems

Imburgia¹,

Osbahr²,

Cardey

et al. 2020

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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Genuine inclusive participation in the self-governance of communal irrigation systems remains a challenge. This article analyses the mechanisms of participation in irrigation water users’ associations (WUAs) with focus on women as leaders of those organizations by drawing on cases from a comparative, multicase mixed-method study in Ethiopia and Argentina. After having being a topic for decades in gender and development debates, in many irrigated areas of the world, WUAs continue to be male dominated at all levels, especially in influential positions. Findings in this article suggest that despite large socio-economic and cultural differences, the current water management systems in both research locations reinforce problems of unequal gender participation; women have more obstacles and constraints in establishing equal access in membership, participation, and decision making in irrigation management. The lack of inclusive participation and the low representation of women in leadership roles lead to WUAs being poorly rooted in their community of users. Incomplete social rootedness of WUAs jeopardizes their effectiveness and equality in water management and, as a result, affects long-term sustainability. Through analysis of empirical data of communal small-scale irrigation systems in both countries, the article discusses who participates, how and why they participate, and the reasons for low numbers of women in leadership roles within the WUAs. Finally, the article reflects on possible enabling conditions that could foster inclusive participation, increase the quantity and capacity of women in management and leadership roles, and the benefits this may bring to sustainable irrigation systems.

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Section: Discussion and Conclusion: Opportunities For More Women In Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusive participation, self-governance, and sustainability: Current challenges and opportunities for women in leadership of communal irrigation systems

Imburgia¹,

Osbahr²,

Cardey

et al. 2020

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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“…are more effective and successful, with numerous benefits for entire communities (UNDP, 2006;Mommen et al, 2017;Aguilar et al, 2011). Gender equality is not only about women: it is a matter of fundamental human rights that benefits men, women and children by fostering a healthy and safe society, reducing poverty, promoting health and education, and protecting the well-being of all.…”

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Solutions for development challenges: insights from protected and conserved areas

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We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this report, in particular all PANORAMA solution providers for sharing their experiences and knowledge, as well as the experts who acted as chapter co-authors. Thanks to the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Kaleigh Carlson, Rhiana Fullan, Céline Kahn and Aditya Pant, for the excellent collaboration through the "Capstone" project that laid the foundation for this publication. Many thanks also to Mirjam de Koning and Nick Salafsky for their thorough and extremely helpful peer review. We thank Eoghan O'Sullivan and Patricia Teixidor for their excellent work on editing the publication, as well as José Carlos Cámara for the graphic design. A special thanks to our colleague Cécile Fattebert for major support in managing the publication process.Finally, we would like to acknowledge the generous support of IUCN's framework donors, funders and partners who enable our programmatic work to continue, as well as the support of Germany through the Federal Ministries for Development Cooperation, and for Environment for their committed support to projects that have enabled the identification and compilation of case studies used for this report.

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“…For Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama (Cronk, 2017), the use of better monitoring tools has been emphasized. For Vanuatu, women play a key role in water schemes' management, boosting their sustainability (Mommen et al, 2017). As has been noted, the problems observed in developing countries are seen in industrialized countries as well, both in terms of infrastructure and service delivery.…”

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An Evaluation of the Contributing Factors of Water Scheme Failures in Nigeria

Andrés¹,

Chellaraj²,

Gupta³

et al. 2018

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Does women’s participation in water committees affect management and water system performance in rural Vanuatu?

Cited by 27 publications

References 15 publications

Inclusive participation, self-governance, and sustainability: Current challenges and opportunities for women in leadership of communal irrigation systems

Inclusive participation, self-governance, and sustainability: Current challenges and opportunities for women in leadership of communal irrigation systems

Solutions for development challenges: insights from protected and conserved areas

An Evaluation of the Contributing Factors of Water Scheme Failures in Nigeria

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