The Women’s Environment and Development Organization published this report to explore women’s central role in water management and distribution and the imperative governments face to implement gender-sensitive solutions to poverty eradication. The document highlights the leadership of organizations such as the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, which led a ten-year campaign to revive water resources during a drought, and the Grameen Bank, which centered women’s access to land and credit in irrigation projects. The document proposes gender-sensitive approaches to water management and outlines government commitments to gender, water and poverty that were current at the time. Photo credit: Women’s Environment and Development Organization
