Intersections of gender and water: comparative approaches to everyday gendered negotiations of water access in underserved areas of Accra, Ghana and Cape Town, South Africa.
A large and growing body of literature suggests that women and men often have differentiated relationships to water access, uses, knowledges, governance, and experiences. From a feminist political ecology perspective, these relationships can be mediated by gendered labour practices (within the house...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 561 - 583 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2017
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