Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.

The connection between gender and water management / Margreet Zwarteveen and Vivienne Bennett -- Latin American challenges to global water and gender policies / Sonia Dávila-Poblete and María Nieves Rico -- Gender dimensions of neoliberal water policy in Mexico and Bolivia: empowering or disempowering / Rhodante Ahlers -- Women in the "water war" in the Cochabamba valleys / Rocío Bustamente, Elizabeth Peredo, and María Esther Udaeta -- To make waves: water and privatization in Tucumán, Argentina / Norma Giarraca and Norma del Pozo -- Irrigation management, community participation, and equity in an Andean community / Juana Rosa Vera Delgado -- Water as a source of equity and empowerment in Costa Rica / Lorena Aguilar -- Women, equity, and household water management in the valley of Mexico / Michael C. Ennis-McMillan -- Women and water in the northern Ecuadorean Andes / Elena P. Bastidas -- Women at the helm of irrigated agriculture in Mexico: the other side of male migration / Stephanie Buechler -- Toward a broader perspective / Vivienne Bennett, Sonia Dávila-Poblete, and Maria Nieves Rico.