Gender, water, and nutrition in India: An intersectional perspective

Mitra, Amit and Rao, Nitya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0147 (2019) Gender, water, and nutrition in India: An intersectional perspective. Water Alternatives, 12 (1). pp. 169-191. ISSN 1965-0175

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Abstract

Despite the global recognition of women’s central role in the provision, management, and utilisation of water for production and domestic use, and despite the close links between production choices, the security of water for consumption, and gendered social relations, the implications of these interlinkages for health and nutrition are under-explored. This paper seeks to fill this gap. It unpacks the gendered pathways mediating the links between water security in all its dimensions and nutritional outcomes, based on research in 12 villages across two Indian states. The findings point to the importance of the dynamic links between natural (land and water) systems and gendered human activities, across the domains of production and reproduction, and across seasons. These links have implications for women’s work and time burdens. They impact equally on physical and emotional experiences of well-being, especially in contexts constrained by the availability, access, quality, and stability of water.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Special issue: Farmer-led irrigation development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Investment, policy engagements and agrarian transformation
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gender, water, agriculture, nutrition, food security, india,water,nutrition,food security,agriculture,gender,india,water science and technology,geography, planning and development,political science and international relations,management, monitoring, policy and law,sdg 2 - zero hunger,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2312
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2018 14:30
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2023 13:36
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69315
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