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  • Rozemarijn ter Horst
    Diving into Water Diplomacy – Exploring the Emergence of a Concept

    Year: 2022

    Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article

    Topics: Water, Water governance Water diplomacy,

    Authors: Bota Sharipova, Susanne Schmeier, Rozemarijn ter Horst, Alyssa Offutt, Jenniver Sehring

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    Source: Diplomatica, 4(2), 200-221

    Based on a review of academic and policy documents, we analyze the variety of understandings and common patterns in the definition of water diplomacy. We also analyze tools, tracks, and levels through which and at which water diplomacy is conducted or analyzed.

    Gender Dynamics in Transboundary Water Governance: Feminist Perspectives on Water Conflict and Cooperation

    Year: 2023

    Collections: Scientific Publications, Books

    Topics: Water diplomacy, Water, Gender, Water governance

    Authors: Rozemarijn ter Horst, Jenniver Sehring, Margreet Zwarteveen

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    Source: Routledge. Taylor & Francis

    This volume assesses the nexus of gender and transboundary water governance, containing empirical case studies, discourse analyses, practitioners’ accounts, and theoretical refections.

    Water diplomacy: A man’s world? Insights from the Nile, Rhine and Chu-Talas basins

    Year: 2023

    Collections: Scientific Publications, Review article

    Topics: Water, Water governance Water diplomacy,

    Authors: Rozemarijn ter Horst, Jenniver Sehring, Alexandra Said

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    Source: Journal of Hydrology X

    Based on Feminist Institutionalism, this paper analyses the reasons for gender disbalance in water diplomacy. To this end, it looks at three intergovernmental decision-making forums on shared waters, namely the Nile Technical Advisory Committee, the Chu-Talas Water Commission, and the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine. The perceived key obstacles for women’s access to decision-making positions were disciplinary gender divides that go along with a largely technical approach to water management, the gender division of labour, cultural norms, and perceptions of good leadership. While their relevance differed in the different socioeconomic, political and cultural contexts, the overall results show that male dominance in water diplomacy is not only a matter of numerical representation, but enshrined in professional norms and practices.

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