Equitable gender participation in local water governance: An insight into institutional paradoxes

Water Resources Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 925-942

  Singh, Nandita ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Gender; Gender equity; India; Participation; Traditional resource management system; Water governance; Women

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EQUITABLE GENDER PARTICIPATION;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DECENTRALIZATION; DESIGN; GENDER ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44649154361     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-007-9202-z     Document Type: Article

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