1#Water, Gender and Development: An Introduction
Hello and welcome to my blog, ‘The Case of Africa: Water, Gender and Development’. Over the coming weeks, I will explore the intersecting factors of water, gender, and development in the context of African countries, and their relevance to one another. From water collection to water provision and management, this blog will demonstrate that there is a severe concern regarding water accessibility and the unequal and gendered impacts of this. The portrayal of Africa Binyanavanga Wainaina’s article How to write about Africa , calls for a revision of these common stereotypes and misconceptions of Africa as being uncivilised, in constant suffering and dire need of saving from the White Saviour. While there exists an abundance of text concerning water and development in Africa, many engage with Western narratives of Africa: ‘as if it were a country’. Western mainstream media has recycled these stereotypes one too many times from drawing on the ‘prominent ribs’ of those stricken by hunger and ...