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Call for Papers - Gender &
Development: Water
The March 2010 issue of the international journal Gender & Development
will focus on Water. It will be co-edited by Caroline Sweetman of Oxfam
GB, and Tina Wallace, of International Gender Studies, Queen Elizabeth House,
University of Oxford. The journal has a wide audience of development
policymakers, practitioners, researchers and activists, and uses simple clear
English to support them in their work. For more information about the journal
including full guidelines for contributors, please visit www.genderanddevelopment.org
Water is, literally, the source of life. Growing inequality and competition
over dwindling supplies as a result of climate change and other forces risk
turning water into 'the new oil'. 2010 is the midway point of the International
Water for Life Decade (2005-2015). Development planners often see water as a
'technical issue', and the social, cultural and gender relations that surround
water are overlooked. This affects public health, family welfare and the rights
of women. The world currently faces a range of crises with environmental,
economic, political and health-related dimensions, making water a key issue for
all development researchers and workers. A gender perspective is essential. The
mismatch between women as primary water-users and men as household, community
and development decision-makers needs to be challenged and changed to realise
the right to water for all, including the poorest and most marginalised.
Contributions are invited from development researchers and workers who have
experience to share with their peers, and with policymakers and decision-makers
in development agencies and governments.
We'd anticipate the issue including articles focusing on:
Case studies of communities challenged by scarcity of water due to climate
change, hydro-electric dams, commercial irrigation, and tourism
Presentation/analysis of the vast donor led development interventions on water:
how far have they met the needs of different water users, especially those in
poor communities and women within households?
Gender analyses of the impact of new technologies and new systems (such as
international or local private sector water systems) for increasing the
quantity and/or quality of water supplies to poor women, men and children
Conflicts over water in arid lands: women's and men's gendered roles in
brokering peace
Planning in developing country contexts - ensuring women's equal participation
in settlement design and water management
Gender issues and water-borne diseases - articles focusing on efforts to reduce
mortality and morbidity which integrate a strong gender perspective
Analysis of agencies working on water and how far they do/are able to take
gender into account, given the different rhythms of technology supply and
engaging with communities
Women's challenge to meet increased demands for water due to HIV and AIDS
and other health issues
Analysis of water privatisation and this is affecting poor and marginalised
communities. What responses do they have –especially women- to this
approach to water provision?
Positive examples and analysis of water harvesting, improving water supplies,
increasing access for domestic users of water, especially women where they are
responsible for domestic water consumption and use
Whether gender frameworks, training or analysis have enabled local authorities,
NGOs or CBOs to provide water in ways that do meet the different demands on
water, especially from women
If you would like to write on any of the above, or have other ideas about
articles we should commission, please send a paragraph outlining your
proposed idea to gadeditor@oxfam.org.uk,
as soon as possible, and before the commissioning deadline: 15 June 2009. If
we are able to offer space for your contribution, we will write to you by 25
June.
Commissioned articles will have a deadline of 30 August 2009.
Dr Caroline Sweetman
Editor, 'Gender and Development'
- a journal of policy and practice published by Oxfam GB
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our website: http://www.genderanddevelopment.org
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