Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Volume 38, Issue 3, Pages 518-535Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2021.1916449
Keywords
Social norms; natural resources; watershed; gender; Fiji
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- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia under the Stronger Systems for Health Security grant scheme [SSHS 74427]
- Bloomberg Philanthropies under the Vibrant Oceans Initiative [53006]
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Village water committees play a key role in managing, operating, and maintaining water and sanitation facilities, with both reactive and proactive management approaches. Men dominate membership, roles, and decision-making in the water committees.
As part of a community-based project on water-related disease in Fiji, we conducted a qualitative study to assess the decision-making structures, roles and actions of village-level water committees. Village water committees played a role in the management, operation and maintenance of water and sanitation infrastructure. Reactive and proactive management approaches were both present. The water committees had clear processes in place for decision-making and membership and were influenced by social and cultural norms. Men dominated water committee membership, roles and decision-making. Knowledge about governance structures and processes can be used to strengthen systems for water committees to effectively manage water access and security.
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