The Dublin Principles, which recognized the
economic value of water and stated that access to clean and
affordable water and sanitation is a basic human right, also
highlighted the central role of women in the provision, management,
and safeguarding of water and called for policies that
empower women to participate at all levels (ICWED, 1992, p.
4). There appeared to be broad agreement about the importance
of women’s inclusion in water governance, particularly
at the community-level; yet, it was not without concerns about
the compatibility of conceptualizations of water management
by water and gender experts (Zwarteveen, 2013).