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Women and water management in times of climate change: participatory and inclusive processes

dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, P.
dc.contributor.authorPerkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-04T04:56:35Z
dc.date.available2020-03-04T04:56:35Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on community engagement, and particularly the inclusion of women, in water management as a response to climate change. Addressing water-related problems is central to climate change adaptation, and civil society, marginalized populations and women, in particular, must be involved. This is for both moral and pragmatic reasons: not only are the marginalized the first and worst affected by extreme weather events, but they also possess local ecological, social and political knowledge which can inform and contribute significantly to climate change adaptation strategies. Because of their social roles and position worldwide, women are greatly affected by water scarcity and flooding, and tend to be gravely impacted by poor water management, yet they face great difficulties in participating effectively in governance bodies. Sustainable long-term management of water resources in the face of climate change requires the participation of women, who possess knowledge of effective social tech- nologies for coping with and adapting to climate change. Community-based environmental education is therefore required in order to expand the equitable involvement of women in water-related climate change adaptation activities and policy development. Environmental non-governmental organizations worldwide, working on shoestring budgets at the local level, are developing a range of methods to organize, raise consciousness and confidence, and help local activists create successful climate defense programs. This paper discusses SoutheNorth initiatives and models for community-based environmental and climate change education which are using the democratic opening provided by watershed-based governance structures to broaden grassroots participation, especially of women, in political processes. We outline the activities and results of two international projects: the Sister Watersheds project, with Brazilian and Canadian partners (2002e2008); and a Climate Change Adaptation in Africa project with partners in Canada, Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa (2010e2012).en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the International Development Research Centre, grant number IDRC GRANT NO. 106002-001en_US
dc.identifier.citation“Women and water management in times of climate change: participatory and inclusive processes,” co-authored with Patricia Figueiredo, reprinted in ​Gender and the Environment​, edited by Susan Buckingham (Routledge), vol. 4, pp.en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.025en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37057
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Cleaner Productionen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectclimate justiceen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectwatershed managementen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectequityen_US
dc.subjectpublic participationen_US
dc.subjectcivil societyen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectcommunity-based environmentalen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectcivil society engagementen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.subjectbottom-up climate change adaptionen_US
dc.titleWomen and water management in times of climate change: participatory and inclusive processesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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