A new REACH toolkit from the International Food Policy Research Institute provides guidance for policymakers and project managers involved in planning and evaluating irrigation projects to include women.
Inequalities
International Day of Rural Women
A new IWMI study conducted in Ethiopia with funding support from REACH, proposes a citizen science approach to community-based monitoring of groundwater that could both improve governance and women empowerment.
REACH Early-Career Researcher Feature: How women bear the brunt of water-related risks in coastal Bangladesh
Sabrina Zaman, an MPhil student at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, shares insights from her REACH research looking at the impacts of water insecurity on women in coastal Bangladesh.
Exploring water vulnerabilities in Wukro, a growing small town in Northern Ethiopia
Following from a visit in Wukro, Northern Ethiopia with a team from Mekelle University leading the Exploring Inequalities grants in Wukro, Dr Marina Korzenevica-Proud critically reflects on some of the challenges to providing affordable and equitable water access in the small – yet growing – town.
Why getting ‘water affordability’ right matters – and how water diaries can be of help
Measuring the “affordability” of water presents a veritable methodological challenge especially in areas where households have complex water use behaviours. Dr Sonia Hoque presents the water diary method successfully piloted in Kitui in 2017, and now expanding to Bangladesh and Ethiopia.
Three grants awarded to explore inequalities, gender and marginalisation issues in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Kenya
A total of £150,000 in REACH funding was awarded to teams in each county to co-build knowledge on socio-economic inequalities and marginalisation issues, with a focus on gender and disability.
Safe Water for All
Following a REACH High-Level Symposium in Dhaka on 12 April, Dr Rob Hope, Prof Mashfiqus Salehin and Dara Johnston reflect on how the REACH programme is advancing work in collaboration with government, practice and private sector stakeholders to deliver water security for the poor.
In search of acceptable, accessible and affordable drinking water services – A tale of households in coastal Bangladesh
Following a visit in Khulna District, Bangladesh, Dr Sonia Hoque reflects on the diversity of drinking water services and risks in Polder 29, and their implications for water security.
Beyond climate-proofing – considering gender implications of water insecurity in Burkina Faso
Research in Burkina Faso, as part of a REACH Catalyst grant, explores the gender dimensions of vulnerability and adaptation to water insecurity and long term climatic changes.
Towards establishing a ‘risk threshold’ in the Awash river basin, Ethiopia | Part I
Following a visit in the Awash basin in November 2017, Dr Catherine Grasham reflects on what ‘water risk’ means to different water users in the basin.
