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Local organisation and gender in water management: a case study from the Kenya Highlands

✍ Scribed by Elizabeth Were; Jessica Roy; Brent Swallow

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 113 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0954-1748
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1428

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Abstract

Provision of safe water supplies is a priority for the global community and for villages in Kenya. An extended case study from the highlands of Western Kenya shows that local communities can be successful in self‐organisation for improved water supply, but only by mobilising considerable amounts of investment resources and local collective action. Gender relations are crucial to success, with women having primary responsibility for water management, but more or less hidden roles in community groups. There are legitimate concerns that Kenya's new water laws and institutions may make it more difficult for local community groups to self‐organise, with additional biases against women. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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