Narayanaswamy, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-0583, Ferritto, R., Hillesland, M. et al. (11 more authors) (2024) Why a feminist ethics of care and socio-ecological justice lens matter for global, interdisciplinary research on water security. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 5. ISSN 2673-2726
Abstract
In this conceptual analysis, we set out some of the negotiations and tensions that emerge when we try to build a shared understanding of water (in)security through the dual lenses of a feminist ethics of care and socio-ecological justice. We further reflect on how these theoretical lenses shape our work in practice—how do we actualise them in an international, interdisciplinary partnership? We actively seek to engage all our colleagues in how we understand the function of power and inequality in relation to the distribution of water resources and the ways in which intersectional inequalities shape access to, and availability of, water. We conclude that our international partnership will only add value to our understanding of water (in)security if we are able to identify not just how intersectional inequalities circumscribe differential access to water itself in a range of diverse contexts, but the ways socio-ecological justice and a feminist ethics of care are understood and in turn shape how we work together to achieve greater water security across diverse contexts.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Narayanaswamy, Ferritto, Hillesland, Anker, Singhal, Maysels, Bantider, Charles, Doss, Kumar, Mdee, Neo, Pinzón and Mengistu. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | water security, care, ethics, intersectionality, power, SDG6, justice |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2024 11:30 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2024 16:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2023.1212188 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fhumd.2023.1212188 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:207039 |