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    Waters of Resistance: Decolonising perspectives on women’s territorial r-existence in southern Chile

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    Author(s)
    Hernando-Arrese, Maite
    Ibarra, María Ignacia
    Editor(s)
    Ghosh, Anandita
    Publication date
    2025-05-08
    Subject
    Gender
    Keywords
    Decolonial feminism
    water governance
    political ecology
    feminismo decolonial
    gobernanza del agua
    ecología política
    Country
    Chile
    
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    Publisher(s)
    Routledge
    Oxfam KEDV
    Oxfam India
    Oxfam Mexico
    Oxfam South Africa
    Oxfam Colombia
    Oxfam Brazil
    Journal
    Gender and Development
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621699
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2025.2461888
    Document type
    Journal article
    Language
    English
    Description
    <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>This article explores the gendered experiences of, and responses to, processes of water commodification and scarcity in rural areas of the Tolt&#233;n River in southern Chile through a decolonial lens. Within the framework of neoliberal water governance, water use rights are primarily owned by large-scale agribusiness and industrial companies, leading to significant socioecological conflicts (dispossession, pollution, and resource depletion) and gendered disparities in rural areas. Women face severe vulnerability concerning access to land and water rights, often resulting in their exclusion from decision-making processes. Consequently, they encounter barriers to accessing credit, subsidies, and capital, further exacerbating their marginalisation and impoverishment. Drawing upon stories collected from women leaders of rural drinking water committees and co-operatives, social movements, and peasant women in the Tolt&#233;n hydrosocial territory in southern Chile, we analyse conflicts over water use and valuation, along with the different forms of r-existence in which women engage to counter the commodification of water through community-based water management initiatives. Their efforts challenge portrayals of rural women as passive victims of development and reject the notions of water as a mere resource for exploitation. We argue for the adoption of a decolonial feminist approach to investigate everyday forms of r-existence that contribute to collaborative water governance processes. By centring the diverse needs, concerns, and priorities of rural women, this framework offers pathways for transformative change at the intersection of gender, water governance, and colonial legacies.</p> </body> </html>
    Pages
    24
    EISSN
    1355-2074
    ISBN
    1364-9221
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2025.2461888
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