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Why is gender equity a concern for water management? / Sara Ahmed -- Negotiating gender equity through decentralised water management in coastal Gujarat : the case of Utthan / Sara Ahmed -- SEWA: campaigning for water, women, and work / Sara Ahmed -- Mainstreaming gender concerns in participatory irrigation management : the role of AKRSP (I) in South Gujarat / Shilpa Vasavada -- Water women : managing community lift irrigation systems in Jharkhand / Soumya Sarkar and Sukanta Sarkar -- Looking back, thinking forward : the Khudawadi experience with access in irrigation for women and the landless / Seema Kulkarni -- Flowing upstream : towards gender just, equitable, and empowering water management / Sara Ahmed.

In a world fraught with visions of an impending 'water crisis' it is not surprising that the main barrier to achieving the Millennium Goals of Development of water, sanitation and hygiene, for all, is not seen as a lack of willingness to learn from the past, to acknowledge failure and success and respect the diversity of approaches and social actors. this book brings together five in-depth case studies of civil society interventions from different parts of India which have struggled to resolve issues of women's participation, equity and sustainability in community based water management systems.