Flowing upstream : empowering women through water management initiatives in India / edited by Sara Ahmed. - 1st ed. - Ahmedabad : New Delhi : Centre for Environment Education, Foundation Books Pvt. Ltd., 2005. - xiv, 258 p. ; 24 cm. - Environment & development series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index.

Why is gender equity a concern for water management? / Sara Ahmed -- Negotiating gender equity through decentralised water management in coastal Gujarat : the case of Utthan / Sara Ahmed -- SEWA: campaigning for water, women, and work / Sara Ahmed -- Mainstreaming gender concerns in participatory irrigation management : the role of AKRSP (I) in South Gujarat / Shilpa Vasavada -- Water women : managing community lift irrigation systems in Jharkhand / Soumya Sarkar and Sukanta Sarkar -- Looking back, thinking forward : the Khudawadi experience with access in irrigation for women and the landless / Seema Kulkarni -- Flowing upstream : towards gender just, equitable, and empowering water management / Sara Ahmed.

Contributed articles.

8175962623 9788175962620 (hbk.)

Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office Rs550.00

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Water resources development--India.
Women in community development--India.
Women--Economic conditions.--India

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