Gendered and caste spaces in household water use : a case of Aliabad village in peri-urban Hyderabad, India

Due to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedThis paper deals with the ways in which gender and caste identities marginalise particular groups from access to water in a village in periurban Hyderabad, India. It shows how the intersection of gender, caste and water issues determine allocation and access to water at the household level, in a village influenced by rapid urbanisation. Relying on a primary survey that collected gender and caste disaggregated data, this paper shows socially differentiated perceptions for water access and use and how they shape vulnerability to water insecurity and adaptation. The gender and caste inequity in access to water in the village is not an isolated case but part of the larger process of 'apolitical' water reforms in India that chooses to ignore gender and caste inequalities and therefore misses to reach the last person