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1 Lebel, L.; Lebel, P.; Sriyasak, P.; Ratanawilailak, S.; Bastakoti, Ram C.; Bastakoti, G. B. 2015. Gender relations and water management in different eco-cultural contexts in northern Thailand. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 11(3/4):228-246. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2015.074096]
Water management ; Water governance ; Water use ; Water users ; Water shortage ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Men ; Agrarian reform ; Urbanization ; Ethnic groups ; Households ; River basins ; Farmers ; Decision making ; Economic aspects ; Culture
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047364)
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This paper assessed water management by households from three ethnic groups in two contrasting ecological settings (upland and lowland) in the Upper Ping River Basin in Northern Thailand. Important gender differences in the use and management of water were identified. Women are major users of water for agriculture in the uplands, but less so in the lowlands. In the lowlands irrigation is viewed as a masculine activity. In the uplands the role of women is more widely accepted, with women frequently being members of water user groups. Men, however, dominate ‘decision-making’ positions in communitybased and state-led water organisations in both upland and lowland areas. Perceptions of contributions to daily tasks, and behavioural traits important to governance roles, differed between men and women, and sometimes also across eco-cultural contexts, underlining the complexity of factors influencing gender relations in water governance.
2 Lebel, P.; Lebel, L.; Singphonphrai, D.; Duangsuwan, C.; Zhou, Y. 2019. Making space for women: civil society organizations, gender and hydropower development in the Mekong region. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(2):304-324. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2018.1425133]
Gender ; Women's participation ; Empowerment ; Civil society organizations ; Hydropower ; Development projects ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Partnerships ; Negotiation ; Awareness raising / Cambodia / China / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049091)
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Large-scale hydropower development disrupts local livelihoods and resource access. Adverse impacts are often greater for women than men, but also large for children, the elderly, poorer households and ethnic minorities. Burdens of resettlement often fall disproportionately on already disadvantaged individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how international, national and local civil society organizations (CSOs) have addressed gender in hydropower development in the Mekong Region. Four CSO orientations are distinguished: communitarian, environmentalist, knowledge-based and feminist. Common activities of CSOs were to share information, to expand participation and to mobilize development. The extent to which these activities were promoted and appear to be making space for women depended on the types of CSOs and women and men targeted or otherwise involved.
3 Lebel, L.; Lebel, P.; Manorom, K.; Yishu, Z. 2019. Gender in development discourses of civil society organisations and Mekong hydropower dams. Water Alternatives, 12(1):192-220. (Special issue: Farmer-led Irrigation Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Investment, Policy Engagements and Agrarian Transformation).
Civil society organizations ; Gender analysis ; Women in development ; Men ; Empowerment ; Hydropower ; Dams ; Living standards ; Rights based approaches ; Human rights ; Environmental effects ; Strategies / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Vietnam / Cambodia / Thailand / Myanmar / China / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049112)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/for-authors/486-a12-1-12/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049112.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049112.pdf
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'Gender in development' discourses are used to justify interventions into, or opposition to, projects and policies; they may also influence perceptions, practices, or key decisions. Four discursive threads are globally prominent: livelihoods and poverty; natural resources and the environment; rights-based; and managerial. Civil society organisations (CSOs) have been vocal in raising awareness about the adverse impacts of large-scale hydropower developments on the environment, on local livelihoods, and on vulnerable groups including women. This discourse analysis first examines how CSOs engaging in hydropower processes in the Mekong Region frame and use gender in development discourses, and then evaluates the potential of these discourses to empower both women and men. Documents authored by CSOs are examined in detail for how gender is represented, as are media reports on CSO activities, interview transcripts, and images. The findings underline how CSOs depend on discursive legitimacy for influence. Their discursive strategies depend on three factors: the organizations’ goals with respect to development, gender, and the environment; whether the situation is pre- or post-construction; and, on their relationships with the state, project developers and dam-affected communities. The implications of these strategies for empowerment are often not straightforward; inadvertent and indirect effects, positive and negative, are common. The findings of this study are of practical value to CSOs wishing to be more reflexive in their work and more responsive to how it is talked about, as it shows the ways that language and images may enhance or inadvertently work against efforts to empower women.
4 Lebel, L.; Lebel, P.; Chuah, C. J. 2019. Governance of aquaculture water use. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(4):659-681. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2018.1457513]
Aquaculture ; Water use ; Water governance ; Water quality ; Water allocation ; State intervention ; Co-management ; Technological changes ; Innovation ; Certification ; Regulations ; Incentives ; Communication ; Information dissemination
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049205)
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Successful aquaculture depends on access to sufficient water of adequate quality, and should not significantly degrade water quality or damage ecosystems in receiving waters. While water management technologies have received a lot of attention as potential solutions, many of the outstanding challenges are collective-action problems that depend on improving aquaculture governance. In high-income countries, aquaculture is often subject to multiple regulations that constrain the development of the sector, whereas in most low- and middle-income countries, regulations are fewer, less demanding or not implemented. Many of the promising and innovative governance initiatives involve a combination of rules, information and incentives, as well as negotiation among multiple stakeholders.
5 Lebel, L.; Navy, H.; Siharath, P.; Long, C. T. M.; Aung, N.; Lebel, P.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Lebel, B. 2023. COVID-19 and household water insecurities in vulnerable communities in the Mekong Region. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(4):3503-3522. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02182-0]
Water insecurity ; COVID-19 ; Households ; Vulnerability ; Communities ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Hand washing ; Good practices ; Drinking water ; Water quality ; Water systems ; Gender ; Women ; Risk reduction ; Socioeconomic environment / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050959)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10668-022-02182-0.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050959.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050959.pdf
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Access to sufficient clean water is important for reducing the risks from COVID-19. It is unclear, however, what influence COVID-19 has had on water insecurities. The objective of this study was to assess the associations between COVID-19 control measures and household water insecurities. A survey of 1559 individuals living in vulnerable communities in five countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) showed that increased needs for clean water to wash hands or facemasks made it more likely a person was water insecure along those dimensions. Water insecurities with respect to handwashing and drinking, in turn, made adoption of the corresponding good practices less likely, whereas in the case of washing facemasks there was no association. Water system infrastructure, environmental conditions such as foods and droughts, as well as gender norms and knowledge, were also important for water insecurities and the adoption of good practices. As domestic water insecurities and COVID-19 control measures are associated with each other, efforts should therefore be directed at identifying and assisting the water insecure at high risk when COVID-19 reaches their communities.
6 Lebel, L.; Aung, N.; Long, C. T. M.; Siharath, P.; Lebel, P.; Navy, H.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Lebel, B. 2022. Stakeholder perspectives on COVID-19 and household water access in vulnerable communities in the Mekong Region. Environmental Management, 69(6):1066-1077. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01616-9]
Water availability ; Domestic water ; Households ; COVID-19 ; Stakeholders ; Communities ; Vulnerability ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Water shortage ; Water quality ; Water treatment ; Water rights ; Prices ; Monitoring ; Villages / Cambodia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Mekong Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050976)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00267-022-01616-9.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050976.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050976.pdf
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The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of safe access to sufficient clean water in vulnerable communities, renewing interest in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs and related targets under Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6). The purpose of this study was to better understand the obstacles to water access in vulnerable communities and identify ways they might be addressed in five countries in the Mekong Region (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam). To this end, qualitative interviews with 50 government officials and development or health experts were complimented with a quantitative survey of the experiences and views of individuals in 15 vulnerable communities. There were several key findings. First, difficulties in accessing sufficient clean water for drinking and hygiene persist in certain vulnerable communities, including informal urban settlements, remote minority villages, and migrant worker camps. Second, limited rights, high prices, and remote locations were common obstacles to household access to improved water sources. Third, seasonal differences in the availability of clean water, alongside other disruptions to supply such as restrictions on movement in COVID-19 responses, drove households towards lower quality sources. Fourth, there are multiple threats to water quality from source to consumption that should be addressed by monitoring, treatment, and watershed protection. Fifth, stakeholder groups differ from each other and residents of vulnerable communities regarding the significance of water access, supply and quality difficulties, and how they should be addressed. The paper ends with a set of program suggestions addressing these water-related difficulties.
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