A review, by the University of Bradford, of policy on community-based water resource management warns against oversimplification and stereotyping of gender roles.
| Title | Analysing gender roles in community natural resource management : negotiation, lifecourses and social inclusion |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Cleaver, F |
| Date Published | 2000-04-01 |
| Keywords | case studies, community participation, division of labour, gender, men, policies, rural communities, sdigen, sdiwrm, water resources management, women, zimbabwe |
| Abstract | A review, by the University of Bradford, of policy on community-based water resource management warns against oversimplification and stereotyping of gender roles. Preconceptions concerning women's 'natural' role as water managers may actually increase women's workload and reinforce existing divisions of labour. Ignoring men in participatory processes can be counterproductive. In Zimbabwe, young men try to get respect from the community through a role in collective resource management. Gender roles are not fixed but are negotiated over time and are affected by wider social and economic processes. Gendered power relations can not be changed by simple interventions, as is assumed in much development policy. |
| Notes | 33 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 202.1 |
