Enhancing the Role of Women in Water User Associations in Azerbaijan

Merkle, R.; Meerbach, D.; Akhmedova, A.; Bagirzadeh, M.; Dideron, S.; Javazadeh, L.; Rustamova, S.

Enhancing the Role of Women in Water User Associations in Azerbaijan

2012

The purpose of this report on enhancing the role of women in water user associations in Azerbaijan is to provide guidance for mainstreaming gender in irrigation management projects in Azerbaijan and in the wider Caucasus and Central Asian regions in order to foster efficient and equitable development in irrigation management. The paper is divided in three chapters. Chapter one sets the background relating the themes of gender to water users associations (WUAs) and irrigation agriculture. It provides both the general sector background as well as an introduction of the overall study and research that was undertaken at the end of Irrigation Distribution System and Management Improvement Project (IDSMIP). Chapter two provides the informative basis for enhancing the role of women in irrigation management. It analyses and discusses the role of men and women in irrigation agriculture in Azerbaijan by synthesizing the findings of the gender survey. Chapter three provides lessons for WUAs in Azerbaijan on how to promote gender equity and for World Bank projects on how to operationalize gender mainstreaming in irrigation agriculture in the country. It also provides guidance in establishing an enabling environment that will foster gender equity in similar irrigation sector programs in the wider Caucasus and Central Asian region.

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agricultural land agricultural production agricultural productivity agricultural water management agriculture animal husbandry biological differences child care crops diet drainage drainage systems drinking water farmer participation farmers farms food processing food production freshwater resources gender gender equality gender equity gender mainstreaming gender statistics household budget household consumption household income human rights institutional development integration irrigation irrigation canals irrigation management irrigation systems irrigation water labour force land reform livelihoods livestock livestock production marketing participation of women private sector productivity rainfall role of women rural development social development undp united nations water management water resources water rights water supply water use water user associations water users

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Farm water management; Gender issues; Large scale irrigation; Gender focal point; Irrigation sector; Gender relations; Irrigated agriculture; Gender action; Gender stereotypes; Female employment; Small scale irrigation; Lift irrigation; Water needs; Forms of discrimination; Access to resources; Irrigation system; Access to water supply; Client countries; Irrigation departments; Bulk water supplies; Discrimination against women; Water users associations; Awareness raising; Rural women; Conflict resolution; Institutional mechanisms; Awareness raising activities; Educational materials; Water user; Gender specific; Gender theme; Economic empowerment of women; Irrigation service; Irrigation water users; Bulk water; Drainage infrastructure; Gender sensitivity; Gender asymmetries; Gender specialist; Support services; Gender expert; Equal terms; Water delivery; Rural households; Drainage sector; Irrigation infrastructure; Hand pumps; Widows; Irrigation projects; Irrigation facilities; Water distribution; Consumptive uses; Gender differences; Water resources management; Gender issue; Household work; Water fee; Gender roles; Incomes; Wua; Agricultural lands; Barriers to women; Economic empowerment; Gender perspective; Drainage system; Gender notes; Marriages; Gender neutral; Irrigation project; Gender awareness; Irrigation management transfer; Labour intensive; Agricultural water; Gender expectations; Irrigating; Women in society

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CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/, World Bank

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