Integration von Genderperspektiven in der technischen Zusammenarbeit in Konfliktgebieten - das Beispiel der Wasserversorgung im Ramallah Distrikt

Abstract

Development projects nowadays are increasingly carried out in (post-) conflict regions, pretending to reduce the reasons for conflict and to foster sustainable development, which encompasses efficient basic supply systems - such as water - and social justice, including gender equity. In spite of these programmatic claims, the impact of technical projects - including large-scale water supply systems - on gender relations in conflict situations has hardly been explored. Based on the fact that there is an interrelation between technological and societal developments, supply structures always include social processes, encompassing different forms and pattern of care taking. The aim of this dissertation was on one hand to analyse the de facto implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in a certain water project, on the other hand to explore the interdependence between water supply and (conflict-)society in the Ramallah distrikt, from a gender perspective.