By Tom Webber | U.S. Development Director
Gender equity is the process of being fair to women and men. To ensure fairness, measures must often be available to compensate for historical and social disadvantages that prevent women and men from otherwise operating on a level playing field. Equity leads to equality.
Water in India has been used as an instrument for social suppression and establishing power. Women, particularly from the economically weaker Tribal Dalits suffer the most due to discriminatory access to drinking water. Women’s voices may not be heard as men are historically the community leaders.
Gender equity is automatically established through our water projects and the attitudes shift from ones where water collection is only women’s work. Our projects provide safe drinking water to all, and men are made aware that both men and women should jointly participate in water collection. Achieving gender equality does not mean that women become the same as men. Equality means that one's rights or opportunities do not depend on being male or female.
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