In general, women still have limited opportunities to influence the design and operation of domestic water supply projects for their productive uses of water and time. This document describes a pilot research carried out in Gujarat, India.
| Title | Linking water supply and poverty alleviation : the impact of women's productive use of water and time on household economy and gender relations in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, India |
| Publication Type | Working Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2004 |
| Authors | Verhagen, J, James, AJ, van Wijk-Sijbesma, CA, Nanavatty, R, Parikh, M, Bhatt, M |
| Secondary Title | Occasional paper series / IRC |
| Volume | no. 36 |
| Pagination | xii, 76 p. : 2 boxes, 8 fig., 34 tab. |
| Date Published | 01/2004 |
| Publisher | IRC |
| Place Published | Delft, The Netherlands |
| Publication Language | English |
| Keywords | access to water, design, domestic use, economic development, gender, india gujarat banaskantha district, operation, policies, projects, safe water supply, sdiasi, sdigen, water collection time |
| Abstract | In general, women still have limited opportunities to influence the design and operation of domestic water supply projects for their productive uses of water and time. This document describes a pilot research carried out in Gujarat, India. Together with the women and men concerned, the following issues were assessed: the relevance of women's productive uses of water, the time gains for the family, the impact of such uses on gender relations, and the implications for policies, project design and operations management. |
| Notes | 33 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 202.1, 822 |
| Citation Key | 55790 |
