Climate change is driving a water crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. This blog highlights findings from the latest UN World Water Development Report and other studies, revealing the scale of the crisis.
This blog highlights the benefits of closing gender gaps in irrigation, emphasizing how women's participation boosts agricultural productivity and income, nutrition, and human capital for families and communities. Drawing on global
Collective action among women can enhance water efficiency, promote conservation and ensure equitable access to water. This blog outlines women’s collectives’ role in advancing climate-smart agriculture and water resilience, particularly in regions
This systematic review of 257 peer-reviewed articles, examines how empowerment-related terminology, research locations, methods, and key themes are used in the water and sanitation sector. While empowerment is increasingly recognized in
Written for practitioners, this report presents a framework for integrating gender into water projects and provides practical tools for design, analysis, monitoring and evaluation. Using case study examples, it outlines gender-sensitive strategies
This comprehensive review of 1,280 peer-reviewed studies examines how drinking water access, quality, and management impact gender equity across five key dimensions: health, psychosocial stress, political power, social-educational conditions, and economic
This paper critically reviews gender mainstreaming in South Asia’s water sector, noting its limited impact due to a narrow understanding of gender. Policymakers often equate gender with women – particularly rural
Despite Bangladesh’s 30% quota for women in water management organizations (WMOs), efforts to empower them have yielded mixed results. This study examines women's participation in WMOs, revealing greater empowerment in water-secure areas
Though traditionally seen as women’s work, men serve as primary fetchers of water in over 20% of households in India, based on 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey data. This study finds that
This video highlights the challenges women face in the water sector. It features insights from this baseline report, which inspired the launch of the Equal Aqua Platform and planted the seed for the largest
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What it Means to Be a Girl or Woman When Water is Scarce (2024)
Climate change is driving a water crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. This blog highlights findings from the latest UN World Water Development Report and other studies, revealing the scale of the crisis.
Investing in Women: A Game-Changer in Climate-Resilient Irrigation (2024)
This blog highlights the benefits of closing gender gaps in irrigation, emphasizing how women's participation boosts agricultural productivity and income, nutrition, and human capital for families and communities. Drawing on global
Women’s Collectives as Champions of Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Resilience (2024)
Collective action among women can enhance water efficiency, promote conservation and ensure equitable access to water. This blog outlines women’s collectives’ role in advancing climate-smart agriculture and water resilience, particularly in regions
Water, Sanitation, and Women’s Empowerment: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Metasynthesis (2022)
This systematic review of 257 peer-reviewed articles, examines how empowerment-related terminology, research locations, methods, and key themes are used in the water and sanitation sector. While empowerment is increasingly recognized in
Gender Equality and Water Security: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Strategies to Accelerate Progress (2024)
Written for practitioners, this report presents a framework for integrating gender into water projects and provides practical tools for design, analysis, monitoring and evaluation. Using case study examples, it outlines gender-sensitive strategies
Drinking Water and the Implications for Gender Equity and Empowerment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence (2023)
This comprehensive review of 1,280 peer-reviewed studies examines how drinking water access, quality, and management impact gender equity across five key dimensions: health, psychosocial stress, political power, social-educational conditions, and economic
Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Gender in Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia (2023)
This paper critically reviews gender mainstreaming in South Asia’s water sector, noting its limited impact due to a narrow understanding of gender. Policymakers often equate gender with women – particularly rural
From Participation to Empowerment: The Case of Women in Community-Based Water Management in Hydrologically Diverse Southwest Coastal Bangladesh (2025)
Despite Bangladesh’s 30% quota for women in water management organizations (WMOs), efforts to empower them have yielded mixed results. This study examines women's participation in WMOs, revealing greater empowerment in water-secure areas
Men's Household Water Fetching in India: Gender Inequity is Associated with Greater Responsibility and Related Risks (2023)
Though traditionally seen as women’s work, men serve as primary fetchers of water in over 20% of households in India, based on 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey data. This study finds that
Getting to Equal in Water: How to Improve Gender Equality in Water Institutions (2020)
This video highlights the challenges women face in the water sector. It features insights from this baseline report, which inspired the launch of the Equal Aqua Platform and planted the seed for the largest