IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rwinxx/v46y2021i5p677-696.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Exploring water access in rural Kenya: narratives of social capital, gender inequalities and household water security in Kitui county

Author

Listed:
  • Salome A. Bukachi
  • Dalmas Ochieng Omia
  • Mercy Mbithe Musyoka
  • Faith Mbithe Wambua
  • Mariah Ngutu Peter
  • Marina Korzenevica

Abstract

Access to water and sanitation as a basic human right is still limited within resource-poor rural settings of Africa, including Kitui, Kenya. This is exacerbated by prevailing gender inequalities which can be mediated when communities leverage on social capital. Qualitative methods were used to examine how values embedded in social capital enable women and vulnerable groups to cope with household water insecurity. How communities exploit the bonding and bridging dimensions of social capital to cope with water insecurities has gendered implications. Understanding the role of social capital is important in advancing public policy to reduce gender inequalities in water access.

Suggested Citation

  • Salome A. Bukachi & Dalmas Ochieng Omia & Mercy Mbithe Musyoka & Faith Mbithe Wambua & Mariah Ngutu Peter & Marina Korzenevica, 2021. "Exploring water access in rural Kenya: narratives of social capital, gender inequalities and household water security in Kitui county," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(5), pages 677-696, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:46:y:2021:i:5:p:677-696
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2021.1940715
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/02508060.2021.1940715
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/02508060.2021.1940715?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Adams, Ellis Adjei & Byrns, Sydney & Kumwenda, Save & Quilliam, Richard & Mkandawire, Theresa & Price, Heather, 2022. "Water journeys: Household water insecurity, health risks, and embodiment in slums and informal settlements," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 313(C).
    2. Owuor, Patrick Mbullo & Awuor, Diana Ross & Ngave, Emily Mwende & Young, Sera L., 2023. "“The people here knew how I used to live, but now I have to start again:” Lived experiences and expectations of the displaced and non-displaced women affected by the Thwake Multipurpose Dam constructi," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 338(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:46:y:2021:i:5:p:677-696. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rwin20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.