Divergent Streams: Feminists’ Engagements in Gendering Water

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Women share a multi-dimensional relationship with water, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand

Abstract: Water is a gendered subject with social and cultural constructs. The contemporary plea to place women at the centre of water management undermines feminist demands for women’s role.

The author is Senior Fellow, Resource, Environment and Development Program, The Australian National University, Canberra. kuntala.lahiri-dutt@anu.edu.au