<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Gender Transformative Impacts from Watershed Interventions: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Study in the Bundelkhand Region of India"^^ . "This study examined gender perspectives on water security by exploring an integrated water management approach\r\nfor agriculture, livestock, and human consumption. The data were generated in a watershed project to enhance\r\ndrought resilience of farming through groundwater recharge and agroforestry interventions in the water-scarce Bundelkhand\r\nregion of Uttar Pradesh in central India. Post-intervention, a quantitative survey and qualitative gender and social\r\nanalysis tools were applied to understand the benefits of the interventions for women, men, and the community as a whole.\r\nQuantitative data were collected from 700 individuals in five villages (three treatment villages and two villages where watershed\r\ninterventions were not implemented). In addition, 33 semi-structured interviews and eight focus group discussions were\r\nconducted to understand local gender norms at the project sites. Data analysis revealed that the community benefits accrued\r\nfrom the watershed interventions included increased crop productivity and diversification of agriculture and livelihoods.\r\nHowever, strict patriarchal norms restricted the visibility, mobility, and communication of women within the household and\r\ncommunity during the interventions. Considering gender diversity, this study identifies that women can benefit from participating\r\nin watershed interventions and provides a deeper understanding of the constraints and barriers to women’s participation\r\nin such projects, including economic, social, and cultural factors. The construction of check dams reduced women’s time\r\nper day for fetching water by about 29%. Groundwater level increases reduced the effort required of women to draw water\r\nfrom open wells and hand pumps. Female education is a significant factor related to the benefits of watershed interventions,\r\nand regression analysis indicated that households with higher levels of education of adult women were significantly more\r\nlikely to benefit from the interventions than other households. To avoid perpetuation of the exclusion of diverse local\r\nknowledge and gender inequality at the community level,\r\nmechanisms must be developed and adjusted continuously\r\nsuch that whole communities, including men and women, are\r\nempowered to participate in the decision-making process at\r\nvarious levels and for different purposes. When implementing\r\nwatershed projects in a highly patriarchal context, as in the\r\nBundelkhand region where women are hidden behind the\r\nstrong presence of men, advocacy of behavioral change\r\ncommunication must be implemented regularly. The community\r\nneeds to be sensitized toward systematic and gendersensitive\r\ninstitution building, social engagement, and capacity\r\ndevelopment for local as well as global water security."^^ . "2020-01" . . . "63" . "1" . . "American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers"^^ . . . "Transactions of the ASABE (TSI)"^^ . . . "21510040" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "S"^^ . "Leder"^^ . "S Leder"^^ . . "Y U"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "Y U Singh"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Pramanik"^^ . "S Pramanik"^^ . . "K K"^^ . "Garg"^^ . "K K Garg"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Singh"^^ . "R Singh"^^ . . "V D"^^ . "Duche"^^ . "V D Duche"^^ . . "A M"^^ . "Whitbread"^^ . "A M Whitbread"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Padmaja"^^ . "R Padmaja"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Kavitha"^^ . "K Kavitha"^^ . . . . . . "Gender Transformative Impacts from Watershed Interventions: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Study in the Bundelkhand Region of India (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Gender Transformative Impacts from Watershed Interventions: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Study in the Bundelkhand Region of India (Other)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #11393 \n\nGender Transformative Impacts from Watershed Interventions: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Study in the Bundelkhand Region of India\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Watershed Management"@en . . . "Gender Research"@en . .