Women Irrigators and Leaders in the West Gandak Scheme, Nepal

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4889
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Van Koppen, Barbara; van Etten, Jacobijn; Bajracharya, Prabina; Tuladhar, Amita
Date:	2000
Agency:	International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Working Paper, no. 15
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4889
Sector:	Social Organization Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	gender irrigation water users' associations women water management
Abstract:	"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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