Gendered participation in water management: Issues and illustrations from water users' associations in South Asia

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Zwarteveen, Margreet ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IIMI   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Gender; Participation; Water user associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084342     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007533018254     Document Type: Article

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