Climate change, differential impacts on women and gender mainstreaming: a case study of East Rapti Watershed, Nepal

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cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.subregionEast Rapti Watershed
cg.creator.identifierProfessor Dr Vishnu Prasad Pandey: 0000-0001-5258-7446
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH051242
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14332/49138en
cg.issn2167-2822en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalwH2O: The Journal of Gender and Wateren
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume9en
dc.contributor.authorRay, A.en
dc.contributor.authorPandey, Vishnu Prasaden
dc.contributor.authorDongol, R.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:51:05Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:51:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/119992
dc.titleClimate change, differential impacts on women and gender mainstreaming: a case study of East Rapti Watershed, Nepalen
dcterms.abstractWomen and water share a great deal of nexus in several ways. However, women have still minimal control over the management of water resources, making them more vulnerable to climate change. This paper assesses how climate change impacts differently across different women groups using an intersectionality lens, thereby exploring the situation of gender mainstreaming in water sector in three communities, namely, Karaiya, Basauli, and Dadagaun in Khairahani Municipality located in the East Rapti watershed, Nepal. In this perception- based study, we conducted three key informant interviews and household interviews with 45 women of different castes, ages, communities, education levels, and occupations. The results showed that different groups of women perceive climate change and its impact differently. For instance, women engaged in agriculture are more aware of the impact of climate change and are affected more by it because of changing trends in rainfall and temperature resulting in water shortage and flooding. On the other hand, they experience more physical and mental stress because of a higher responsibility of both agriculture and household . Despite 80% of female involvement in water user committees, there is a gap in participation by all groups of women. Irrespective of literacy and work engagement, women of Karaiya and Basauli, were less aware and active than Dadagau in various water development and management activities because of time constraints, family background, lesser interest, and awareness. Therefore, more efforts are required to achieve significant progress in gender mainstreaming considering intersectionality in the water sector and climate change.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRay, A.; Pandey, Vishnu Prasad; Dongol, R. 2022. Climate change, differential impacts on women and gender mainstreaming: a case study of East Rapti Watershed, Nepal. wH2O: Journal of Gender and Water, 9(1):55-66.en
dcterms.extent55-66en
dcterms.issued2022-06-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.subjectgender mainstreamingen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectcommunitiesen
dcterms.subjectwater availabilityen
dcterms.subjectdrinking wateren
dcterms.subjectirrigation wateren
dcterms.subjectwatershedsen
dcterms.subjectawarenessen
dcterms.subjectcase studiesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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