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1 Mehta, L.; Alba, R.; Bolding, A.; Denby, K.; Derman, A.; Hove, T.; Manzungu, E.; Movik, S.; Prabhakaran, P.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2014. The politics of IWRM in southern Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 30(3):528-542. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.916200]

Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water allocation ; Water users ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Gender ; Women ; Equity ; Corporate culture ; Case studies / South Africa / Zimbabwe / Mozambique

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046840)

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This article offers an approach to the study of the evolution, spread and uptake of integrated water resources management (IWRM). Specifically, it looks at the flow of IWRM as an idea in international and national fora, its translation and adoption into national contexts, and the on-the-ground practices of IWRM. Research carried out in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique provides empirical insights into the politics of IWRM implementation in southern Africa, the interface between international and national interests in shaping water policies in specific country contexts, and the on-theground challenges of addressing equity, redress and the reallocation of water.

2 Derman, B.; Prabhakaran, P.. 2016. Reflections on the formulation and implementation of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in southern Africa from a gender perspective. Water Alternatives, 9(3):644-661. (Special issue: Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa).

Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Equity ; Human rights ; Water use ; Water supply ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Conventions ; Treaties ; Institutions ; Case studies / Southern Africa / SADC countries / South Africa / Tanzania / Zimbabwe / Mozambique

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047807)

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While it is claimed that the founding principles of integrated water resources management are the Dublin Principles this does not appear to be the case for Principle No. 3, which underlines the importance of women in water provision, management and safeguarding. Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are members of SADC and have signed the SADC Protocol on Women and other international human rights instruments. However, we do not see an incorporation of these instruments and other empowerment frameworks into water policies. We find that Principle No. 3 has been sidelined in the implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). In examining the gender practices in these four nations of Africa, gender equality remains distant from the concerns of the water sector. We enumerate many of the commonalities among these countries in how they are marginalising women’s access to, and use of, water.