The water question in feminism: water control and gender inequities in a neo-liberal era

Ahlers, Rhodante; Zwarteveen, Margreet

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“…Lo que hoy está en pugna son dos visiones confrontadas acerca de los principios que rigen la gestión del recurso hídrico: a) el agua como bien económico y el mercado como el mejor instrumento para la asignación eficiente y, b) el agua como derecho humano, universal e inalienable, constitutivo de la dignidad humana, derecho que debe ser garantizado bajo principios de equidad y justicia social. La propuesta feminista que cuestiona las desigualdades sociales en la gestión del agua confronta los términos de un marco neoliberal que invisibiliza y naturaliza las relaciones de poder involucradas en la asignación del agua, desafiando la individualización, la mercantilización y el enfoque consumidor/ cliente del paradigma neoliberal (Alhers y Zwarteveen, 2009). Hoy en día los retos para avanzar en materia de equidad de género en la gestión del agua se multiplican, pero es claro que esta meta va de la mano con las luchas por un cambio estructural más amplio y profundo a favor de la soberanía y justicia hídrica (Boelens et al, 2011).…”

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Incorporando a perspectiva de gênero na gestão da água:

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2017

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No artigo são paresentados os resultados e aprendizagens derivados da experiência de trabalho e depesquisa da autora nos espaços de tomada de decisão dos processos de incorporação da perspectivade gênero na gestão dos recursos hídricos. Um trabalho realizado ao longo de vários anos em Chiapas,na região sul do México. Inicialmente, são abordados os vínculos entre o gerenciamento de gênero eágua e são apresentadas as referências teóricas que orientaram o trabalho de pesquisa. Na sequência,são analisadas as dimensões da gestão da água setorial e androcêntrica, que revela a desigualdadeque enfrentam as mulheres rurais para obter controle sobre seus direitos à água. Os resultados e osobstáculos são apresentados como lições aprendidas. Conclui-se com uma breve reflexão sobre osdesafios e alternativas de mudança que podem ser vislumbrados nas lutas dos movimentos de mulheresem Chiapas.

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“…This contested process may lead to changes in the content of policies as well as to differences in policies at various locations. Nevertheless, within the reform processes ongoing in Kenya we observe striking similarities with narratives used to justify the reform processes elsewhere that lead to the implemen-tation of similar policy models in dissimilar contexts (Cleaver and Elson 1995;Rap 2006;Ahlers and Zwarteveen 2009;Manzungu and Machiridza 2009;Sehring 2009;Kemerink et al 2011;Mtisi 2011;Manzungu 2012;. It is therefore crucial to scrutinize these narratives and the policy models they promote and legitimize, and to illuminate how they unfold within the historically produced uneven waterscapes such as the Likii river catchment.…”

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“…The general objective of policies shifted from an emphasis on physical water delivery by governments to creating an enabling environment for other parties to provide water services. Whereas before governments primarily invested in the development and operation of hydraulic infrastructure and were mainly concerned with the distribution of water, in the new approach they mainly focus on managing water sector by stipulating rules for water allocation (Cleaver and Elson 1995;Allan 1999;Mosse 2004;Lowndes 2005;Saletha and Dinar 2005;Mosse 2006;Swatuk 2008;Ahlers and Zwarteveen 2009;Sehring 2009). Responding to perceived competition over water and inspired by this global shift in the public policy approach, the Kenyan government revised its water legislation in the early 2000s.…”

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Why infrastructure still matters: unravelling water reform processes in an uneven waterscape in rural Kenya

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Abstract:Since the 1980s, a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. Whereas before governments primarily invested in the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure and were 1056Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink et al.mainly concerned with the distribution of water, in the new approach they mainly focus on managing water resources systems by stipulating general frameworks for water allocation. This paper studies the rationales used to justify the water reform process in Kenya and discusses how and to what extent these rationales apply to different groups of water users within Likii catchment in the central part of the country. Adopting a critical institutionalist's perspective, this paper shows how the water resource configurations in the catchment are constituted by the interplay between a normative policy model introduced in a plural institutional context and the disparate infrastructural options available to water users as result of historically produced uneven social relations. We argue that, to progressively redress the colonial legacy, direct investments in infrastructure for marginalized water users and targeting the actual (re)distribution of water to the users might be more effective than focusing exclusively on institutional reforms. Keywords: Infrastructure, institutions, irrigation, water reformsAcknowledgement: The work presented in this paper was funded by DGIS, UNESCO-IHE and the Geneva Water Hub. Implementation on site was assisted by WRMA, Ewaso Ngíro North Catchment Area Office. We thank the interviewees for sharing their knowledge and opinions with us. Our special gratitude goes to the chairperson of Likii WRUA for facilitating the research process.

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“…The first idea of which presents that water as a question of right is not a theoretical acclamation. As a notion it is conceptualized with debates, arises in diverse ways and from different perspectives as Iyer (2010) observes 1 . Second idea is inseparably attached with the first one, which states that the idea that water is a right, has many logics.…”

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The Question of Right to Water: Some Reflections on the Major debates in Political Discourse

Acharya¹

2017

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-Rights talks are normative inquiries. Fundamentally, it insists to find what is supposed to be claimed as right and what decides its claimability. Unarguably, whatever is essential for life is a right. Since water is one of the essentials of life, it indeed is a right. The aim of this paper, in this view, is, not to argue against or in favor of the idea of right to water but the aim is to highlight the existing logics that has endorsed that water is a right. In political discourse, such logics are remarkably different as they have elaborated the right in different contexts and have justified them for different purposes. Present paper in this respect is investigating and commenting on some major debates on the question of right to water, this includes debates advanced in neo-liberalism, neo-Marxism, Eco-feminism and Human Right discourse. The paper presents some observations on each debate and tries to find the problem lies in them. For this purpose the paper is divided into four parts, each of which is followed by some observations. Key Words: Right to water, Neo liberalism, Neo-Marxism, Eco-feminism and Human rights BackgroundIn water literature, concept of right to water is discussed for different purposes and so have different logics. It is noted that in the academia, explanations on water as a right are processed as thesis, antithesis and synthesis. To understand the process in political discourse, this paper initially focuses on three ideas that are attaching to the idea of right to water. The first idea of which presents that water as a question of right is not a theoretical acclamation. As a notion it is conceptualized with debates, arises in diverse ways and from different perspectives as Iyer (2010) observes

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The water question in feminism: water control and gender inequities in a neo-liberal era

Cited by 102 publications

References 31 publications

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Why infrastructure still matters: unravelling water reform processes in an uneven waterscape in rural Kenya

The Question of Right to Water: Some Reflections on the Major debates in Political Discourse

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