3.1 Introduction

3.1 Introduction

This Chapter consists of thirteen sector-specific overviews that briefly examine gender and its intersection with water in particular sectors. The objective of the sector overviews is to highlight the linkages between diversity, gender, and water in the relevant water sector. Each sector overview is accompanied by a list of resources for further reading and research in that particular sector. Additionally, case studies follow each sector overview and the resources list. The cases further elaborate the relationship of gender to each sector theme.

Sector overviews include the following:

• 3.2 Gender, Governance and Water Resources Management
• 3.3 Gender, Water and Poverty
• 3.4 Gender, Sanitation and Hygiene
• 3.5 Gender, Domestic Water Supply and Hygiene
• 3.6 Gender and Water Privatisation
• 3.7 Gender, Water and Agriculture
• 3.8 Gender, Water and Environment
• 3.9 Gender and Fisheries
• 3.10 Gender and Coastal Zone Management
• 3.11 Gender and Water-Related Disasters
• 3.12 Gender and Capacity Building
• 3.13 Gender and Planning Tools
• 3.14 Gender-Responsive Budget Initiatives for the Water Sectors.