Opposing Currents : The Politics of Water and Gender in Latin America.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface -- 1. Introduction - Vivienne Bennett -- Part One: Understanding Waterand Gender -- 2. The Connection between Gender and Water Management - Margreet Zwarteveen and Vivienne Bennett -- 3. Global Water and Gender Policies: Latin American Challenges - Sonia Dávila-Poblete and María Nieves Rico -- Part Two: Neoliberal Policies and Their Social Impact -- 4. Gender Dimensions of Neoliberal Water Policy in Mexico and Bolivia: Empowering or Disempowering? - Rhodante Ahlers -- 5. Women in the "Water War" in the Cochabamba Valleys - Rocío Bustamante, Elizabeth Peredo, and María Esther Udaeta -- 6. To Make Waves: Water and Privatization in Tucumán, Argentina - Norma Giarracca and Norma Del Pozo -- Part Three: Technology Transfer and Social Organization -- 7. Irrigation Management, the Participatory Approach, and Equity in an Andean Community - Juana Rosa Vera Delgado -- 8. Water as a Source of Equity and Empowerment in Costa Rica - Lorena Aguilar -- Part Four: Participation and Cultural Change -- 9. Women, Equity, and Household Water Management in the Valley of Mexico - Michael C. Ennis-McMillan -- 10. Women and Water in the Northern Ecuadorean Andes - Elena P. Bastidas -- 11. Women at the Helm of Irrigated Agriculture in Mexico: The Other Side of Male Migration - Stephanie Buechler -- 12. Toward a Broader Perspective - Vivienne Bennett, Sonia Dávila-Poblete, and María Nieves Rico -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.

A collection of essays examining the intersection between water conservation and women's roles in a variety of Latin American settings--rural and urban, across a range of countries.

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