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Master Negotiators and Creative Problem Solvers: A Survey of South African Women & Water-Use Case Studies

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  • Through a desk-top analysis, this research shows that South African women have gained and utilize specialized skills, behaviors, and adaptations through their daily activities which are useful when applied to water resource management. Further, South African women are shown to build and draw on social capital as a way to negotiate through hardships to resolve conflict. When faced with adverse conditions, they are able to draw on diversity from a broad range of relationships, negotiating both the traditional social system as well as the bureaucratic governmental system. They are likely to be involved in social activism and harness the power of collective action when needed. South African women are highly efficient water consumers, able to get more benefit from each drop of water they receive than their male counterparts. This group of characteristics make a strong case for South African women to be included at all levels of water resource management, with decision-making levels being of particular importance.
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