Prácticas hegemónicas y desigualdades de género en los sistemas comunitarios de agua en Ecuador

Abstract

In the last years, the community water systems in Ecuador, have been addressed according to the concept of the Integral Water Resources Management model. This paradigm has rarely included multi-scalar approaches that expand the study towards gender inequalities. Therefore, this proposal posits to deconstruct the Integral Water Resources Management paradigm and establish critical thinking about the community water systems. The methodology that has been used in this study is called content analyzes, which study the current debates of feminist political ecology and descoloniality. The research question that guides this investigation focus on How does the interdisciplinary dialogue between the feminist political ecology and descoloniality approaches contributes to unveiling hegemonic practices and gender inequalities in community water systems at Ecuador? This research considers that expanding feminist political ecology and descoloniality scales towards intimate and daily women's spaces, reveals sufferings and colonial practices that even appear hidden in systems labeled as community.