Water is life : women's human rights in national and local water governance in southern and eastern Africa / / edited by Anne Hellum, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, and Barbara van Koppen

• Pubblicazione: Harare, [Zimbabwe] : , : Weaver Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (641 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.096
• Soggetto topico: Human rights - Africa; Civil rights - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HellumAnne; Kameri-MbotePatricia; KoppenB. C. P. van (Barbara C. P.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Maps; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part I - Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Human Right to Water and Sanitation in a Legal Pluralist Landscape: Perspectives of Southern and Eastern African Women; 1. Water and Sanitation as an Intersectional Gender and Human Rights Issue; 2. Legal Pluralities and Multiple Water Governance Structures; 3. The Broader Historical, Political, and International Context of Water Reform: Setting the scene; 3.1 Colonial continuities; 3.2 The first wave of post-colonial water reform: The Dublin Principles and IWRM ; 3.3 The second wave of post-colonial water reforms: The MDGs and the human right to water and sanitation3.4 Legal gaps, tensions, and challenges; 4. Local Perspectives; 4.1 Engendering the right to water: water for personal, domestic and livelihood use; 4.2 Intersectional perspectives: vulnerabilities of poor women and the environment; 4.3 Water access through participation, legal knowledge and empowerment; 5. Challenges for International and National Law; Chapter 2 - Turning the Tide: Engendering the Human Right to Water and Sanitation ; 1. Water as a Human Rights Issue: Southern and eastern African perspectives on gender and water governance2. Towards an 'Engendered', Integrated and Contextual Approach; 3. Background: From the Stockholm and Dublin Principles to the human right to water and sanitation; 4. The Right to Water: Adequate, available, accessible, safe and affordable; 4.1 Adequate water for what? Personal, domestic and livelihood uses; 4.2 Accessible and safe water; 4.3 Affordable water; 5. The Human Right to Sanitation ; 6. The Duty to Respect and Protect the Right to Water and Sanitation in the Context of Plural Water Governance6.1 The duty to respect; 6.2 The duty to protect; 7. The Duty to Make Water and Sanitation Accessible without Discrimination; 7.1 Direct discrimination; 7.2 Indirect discrimination; 7.3 Gender stereotypes, systemic discrimination and cultural change; 7.4 Intersectional discrimination; 8. The Right to Equal, Free and Meaningful Participation in Water Governance; 9. The Obligations of International Development Actors; 9.1 International actors as duty-bearers ; 9.2 Accessibility without discrimination: Responsibilities of donors when selecting target groups and areas9.3 Attention, affordability and accountability: Responsibilities of donors in policy processes; 10. Conclusion; Part II - Kenya; Chapter 3 - Human Rights, Gender and Water in Kenya: Law, Prospects and Challenges; 1. Introduction; 2. Water Resources, Land and Human Rights; 2.1 Water resources in Kenya; 2.2 Water availability, distribution and demand; 2.3. The interface between water, land and human rights; 3. Water Law and Policy in Pre-Colonial and Colonial Kenya ; 3.1 Water law and policy in the political economy of colonial Kenya
• Titolo autorizzato: Water is life
• ISBN: 1-77922-287-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460690003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II