Social equity

Understand and include

Sustainability also requires equity. Many smallholder farmers, particularly women, youth and members of other marginalized groups, have limited access to and control over their water and land resourcess. This inequality exacerbates malnutrition and poverty, and it imposes real costs on society by impeding agricultural output, food security and economic growth. WLE has developed a number of complementary solutions to understand how men and women use productive assets and are included in decision-making processes. WLE has also developed new tools and approaches to ensure women have equal access to such resources.

- Learning / Training
E-learning: Water, Migration and Rural Development
Social equity
January 28, 2020
WLE, IWMI and GWP researchers explored the links between migration and water scarcity in a January webinar - the myths, the evidence, and the lingering questions.
- Alan Nicol
- Liza Debevec
- Learning / Training
Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool
SmallholdersSocial equity
September 27, 2017
The Gender in Irrigation and Learning Improvement Tool (GILIT) can be used to enable gender equity in irrigation schemes.
- Nicole Lefore
- Learning / Training
Participatory gender training for community groups
Social equity
December 08, 2016
A participatory gender training manual has been developed by scientists at IWMI. This page gives you a step by step introduction to the manual.
- Stephanie Leder
- Learning / Training
Games for sustainability
Social equity
May 09, 2016
Scientists have developed a series of games that can foster collective action for improved water management.
- Ruth Meinzen-Dick
- Map
Four Gender Basin Profiles
Social equity
May 16, 2016
The Four Gender Basin Profiles are a set of maps that display gender-disaggregated information on a range of topics related to water management and agriculture in four river basins.
- Alan Nicol