?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11495%2F&rft.title=Gender+norms+and+relations+in+an+agricultural+watershed+project+in+the+Parasai-Sindh+Watershed%2C+Jhansi%2FIndia&rft.creator=Leder%2C+S&rft.creator=Padmaja%2C+R&rft.creator=Garg%2C+K&rft.subject=Watershed+Management&rft.subject=Gender+Research&rft.description=Agricultural+watershed+projects+require+intertwined+technical+and+social+interventions%2C+and+accompanying+research+should+aim+at+blending+technical+and+social+sciences+(Douthwaite+et+al.+2001).+CGIAR+research+programs+have+been+designed+by+centers+and+partners+with+such+an+approach+since+their+first+phase+from+2010+to+2016%3B+and+also+in+their+second+phase%2C+2017+to+2022%2C+this+interdisciplinary+approach+represents+their+conditions+of+existence.+As+many+studies+have+demonstrated%2C+the+success+of+agricultural+intervention+projects+depends+on+the+degree+of+participatory+approach+and+gendersensitivity+in+each+project+stage%3A+planning%2C+design%2C+implementation+and+monitoring+(Leder+et+al.+2017%3B+Quisumbing+et+al.+2014).+Hence%2C+any+intervention+project+should+develop+mechanisms+trying+to+avoid+the+reproduction+of+gender+relations+and+the+exclusion+of+diverse+local+knowledge+at+the+community+level.+Instead%2C+a+holistic+approach+to+empower+communities+with+its+diverse+members+should+be+developed+and+adjusted+continuously.+While+%E2%80%9Cparticipatory%E2%80%9D+has+become+a+buzzword%2C+it+is+necessary+to+demystify+respective+project+stakeholders%E2%80%99+assumptions.+As+Cleaver+(1998%3A+293)+argues%2C+%E2%80%9Csectorial+bias%2C+instrumental+approaches+to+participation%2C+and+an+inadequate+understanding+of+social+context+(...)+detract+from+a+truly+gendered+understanding+of+water+resource+management%E2%80%9C.+Hence+it+is+the+role+of+any+intervening+organization+to+understand+diverse+water+needs%2C+and+to+identify+who+accesses+water+and+who+controls+water+access.+Women+are+traditionally+associated+with+the+domestic+use+of+water%2C+while+men+are+linked+to+the+productive+uses+of+water%2C+whereas+several+studies+have+found+this+division+inadequate+and+far+more+complex%2C+particularly+in+the+context+of+primarily+male+out-migration+and+the+so-called+feminization+of+agriculture.+In+their+study+on+agrobiodiversity+management+in+Nepals+Himalaya%2C+Bhattarai+et+al.+(2015%3A+129)+found+that+women%E2%80%99s+lack+of+power+can+be+%E2%80%9Creinforced+by+the+development+organizations%E2%80%99+acceptance+of+established+gender+roles+that+privileges+men+with+new+products+associated+with+cash%E2%80%9D.&rft.publisher=CGIAR+Research+Program+on+Water%2C+Land+and+Ecosystem+(WLE)&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11495%2F1%2FQualitative-report-final.pdf&rft.identifier=++Leder%2C+S+and+Padmaja%2C+R+and+Garg%2C+K++(2019)+Gender+norms+and+relations+in+an+agricultural+watershed+project+in+the+Parasai-Sindh+Watershed%2C+Jhansi%2FIndia.++Project+Report.+CGIAR+Research+Program+on+Water%2C+Land+and+Ecosystem+(WLE).+++++