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1 van Etten, J.; Bajracharya, P.; Tuladhar, A.; van Koppen, B. 1999. Participation of women in West Gandak Water Users' Association. In Parajuli, U. N.; Prasad, K. C. (Eds.), Workshop proceedings, Evaluation of Irrigation Management Transfer Process and Performance, Lalitpur, Nepal, 11-12 October 1999. Kathmandu, Nepal: Research and Technology Development Branch, Department of Irrigation; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 14p.
Water user associations ; Women in development ; Participatory management ; Farmer participation / Nepal / West Gandak
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IIMI 631.7.3 G726 PAR Record No: H026335)
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2 Bajracharya, P.. 2000. Gendered water rights in the Hile Khola Kulo Irrigation System, Shakhejung VDC, Ilam. In Pradhan, R.; van Benda-Beckmann, F.; van Benda-Beckmann, K. (Eds.), Water, land and law: Changing rights to land and water in Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal; Wageningen, Netherlands; Rotterdam, Netherlands: Legal Research and Development Forum (FREEDEAL); Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU); Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) pp.129-146.
Water rights ; Irrigation water ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Water users ; Gender ; Woman's status ; Farmers ; Households ; Cropping systems ; Irrigation canals ; Canal construction ; Female labor ; Maintenance ; Water distribution / Nepal / Ilam / Shakhejung / Hile Khola Canal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G726 PRA Record No: H026721)
3 van Koppen, Barbara; van Etten, Jacobijn; Bajracharya, P.; Tuladhar, A. 2001. Women irrigators and leaders in the West Gandak Scheme, Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) vii, 28p. (IWMI Working Paper 015) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.145]
Irrigated farming ; Irrigation canals ; Maintenance ; Farmers' associations ; Water user associations ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Privatization ; Leadership ; Women ; Gender ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Households / Nepal / West Gandak
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7088042 G726 VAN Record No: H028139)
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Examines the gendered organization of irrigated farming and identifies processes of inclusion and exclusion of women irrigators and women leaders in water users committees. The research evaluates the success of efforts by the newly formed Water Users Association to include women. Recommendations based on the findings are made to address the problems faced by the women irrigators and leaders in the West Gandak scheme.
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