TY  - BOOK
AU  - Houweling,Emily Van
TI  - Water and aid in Mozambique: gendered perspectives of change 
T2  - The international African library
SN  - 9781009193481
AV  - HD1699.M9 HOU
U1  - 333.910209679 23/eng/20220622
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - Mozambique
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - Women in development
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction; 2. Divergent development discourses; 3. Life before the handpumps; 4. Sustainability and sense of ownership; 5. The politics of water access; 6. Gender roles and water practices with the handpumps; 7. Development encounters; 8. Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography
N2  - "Analysing how water development projects unfolded in five rural communities in Mozambique, Emily Van Houweling offers an alternative perspective on water and the politicised nature of water management in the region. Using a hydro-social cycle framework, she demonstrates how water is tied to everyday life in matrilineal Nampula and how social relations, gender roles, and local politics were reconfigured during the project. While centring the experience of community members, Van Houweling also includes the perspectives of project implementers, showing how project plans were translated and negotiated as they worked their way down to the community. Employing the concept of organisational culture, Van Houweling reveals the tensions that resulted from different actors' decision-making processes and motivations, and illuminates possible explanations for the gaps between policy and practice. Exploring women's empowerment, community ownership, and participation, this book facilitates innovative ways for thinking about evaluation, sustainability, and gender-water relations.Analysing how water development projects unfolded in five rural communities in Mozambique, Emily Van Houweling offers an alternative perspective on water and the politicised nature of water management in the region. Using a hydro-social cycle framework, she demonstrates how water is tied to everyday life in matrilineal Nampula and how social relations, gender roles, and local politics were reconfigured during the project. While centring the experience of community members, Van Houweling also includes the perspectives of project implementers, showing how project plans were translated and negotiated as they worked their way down to the community. Employing the concept of organisational culture, Van Houweling reveals the tensions that resulted from different actors' decision-making processes and motivations, and illuminates possible explanations for the gaps between policy and practice. Exploring women's empowerment, community ownership, and participation, this book facilitates innovative ways for thinking about evaluation, sustainability, and gender-water relations"--
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