Children’s right to water as a contested domain: Gendered reflections from India
(2008) In Development (London) 51(1). p.102-107- Abstract
- Nandita Singh and her colleagues look at children’s water
rights in India. They argue for the exercise of the right to water by
children by analysing the universal normative-legal framework and
its difference to the local socio-culturally defined framework. They
suggest that defining problems and designing actions only within
the normative-legal framework can obscure understanding the
critical realities at the right-holders’ end. They suggest that
interventions at various levels, such as through policy and targeted
programmes, have at best provided an ‘‘enabling environment’’,
but the process of implementation of children’s rights at the
... (More) - Nandita Singh and her colleagues look at children’s water
rights in India. They argue for the exercise of the right to water by
children by analysing the universal normative-legal framework and
its difference to the local socio-culturally defined framework. They
suggest that defining problems and designing actions only within
the normative-legal framework can obscure understanding the
critical realities at the right-holders’ end. They suggest that
interventions at various levels, such as through policy and targeted
programmes, have at best provided an ‘‘enabling environment’’,
but the process of implementation of children’s rights at the
right-holders’ end is to date an incomplete socio-cultural process (Less)
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- Singh, Nandita ; Wickenberg, Per LU ; Åström, Karsten LU and Hydén, Håkan LU
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- publishing date
- 2008
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- CEDAW, community, human rights instruments, legal frameworks, special needs
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- Development (London)
- volume
- 51
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 102 - 107
- publisher
- Springer
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- scopus:41049091350
- ISSN
- 1011-6370
- DOI
- 10.1057/palgrave.development.1100459
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- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{Nandita Singh and her colleagues look at children’s water <br/><br>
rights in India. They argue for the exercise of the right to water by <br/><br>
children by analysing the universal normative-legal framework and <br/><br>
its difference to the local socio-culturally defined framework. They <br/><br>
suggest that defining problems and designing actions only within <br/><br>
the normative-legal framework can obscure understanding the <br/><br>
critical realities at the right-holders’ end. They suggest that <br/><br>
interventions at various levels, such as through policy and targeted <br/><br>
programmes, have at best provided an ‘‘enabling environment’’, <br/><br>
but the process of implementation of children’s rights at the <br/><br>
right-holders’ end is to date an incomplete socio-cultural process}},
author = {{Singh, Nandita and Wickenberg, Per and Åström, Karsten and Hydén, Håkan}},
issn = {{1011-6370}},
keywords = {{CEDAW; community; human rights instruments; legal frameworks; special needs}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{102--107}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
series = {{Development (London)}},
title = {{Children’s right to water as a contested domain: Gendered reflections from India}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100459}},
doi = {{10.1057/palgrave.development.1100459}},
volume = {{51}},
year = {{2008}},
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