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Date Added to
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Short Summary
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| Title |
Untapped Connections: Gender, Water and Poverty
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| Author |
Khosla, P. and Pearl, R. |
| Publication
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January 2003 |
| Publisher |
Women’s Environment and Development Organization
(WEDO) |
| Donor |
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
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Short Summary |
What are the linkages between gender, poverty
and water? The paper examines women's central role in managing water
supply and distribution, and explores how access to water and sanitation
has implications for women's health, economic activities, and sustainable
development as a whole. Case studies from Honduras, India, Bangladesh,
Ukraine, and Tanzania are presented, which highlight water projects
that have succeeded in generating employment opportunities, increasing
women's self-confidence, and in improving women's and girls' health.
The report also provides strategies for translating government commitments
into action by advocating for mainstreaming a gender perspective in
all water and sanitation related policies. A compilation of existing
government commitments on gender, poverty and water in sixteen global
conferences is also included, along with a list of resources (websites,
contacts and publications) that can be used to get involved. |
| Complete Document |
 http://www.wedo.org/library.aspx?ResourceID=1
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