Gender influences access to water to a high degree throughout the world, a fact recognised in the Dublin Principles but how does topography influence this access? This study detailed in this post aims to find the answer to this question.
The study draws upon unstructured interviews that focused on access to water for domestic purposes. These interviews were conducted in two villages of South Sikkim, primarily with the ethnic groups of Rais, Mangars, Lepchas and Bhutias with a few families that belonged to scheduled castes and followed Hindu and Buddhist reigions. The villagers were interviewed with respect to access to water for drinking and domestic purposes. Analysis of these interviews keeping in view the existing debates with respect to the role of women in water access focused on the following areas:
This post presents a paper received for the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-III held at Kohima, Nagaland, from September 25-27, 2013. You can download the full paper below.