Aquademos
aims to help people manage their water resources.
We take account
of people's current practices, as well as their needs, aspirations,
resources and constraints. Local people are the key to understanding
the complex business of water management.
Capability
Statement
The
principal consultant, Felicity Chancellor, is an international researcher
and consultant with over 20 years experience in irrigated agricultural
development and the wider water sector in Africa and Asia. She has
worked on projects or as an advisor in Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Zambia,
Malawi Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Gambia, Ghana,
India Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and the Philippines. Her work has
included extensive research on the role of women in productive water
use and the establishment of their equal right to water resources,
and fair participation in their management.(Click
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The services
offered include:
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Design
of socio-economic investigations, tailoring the investigation to
answer the needs of policy makers, development specialist and designers
of rural development infrastructure.
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Socioeconomic
surveys, providing overall planning including selection of suitable
sampling-frames, samples, questionnaires and structured interviews.
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Gender-mainstreaming
to ensure that relevant institutions and their staff have the knowledge
and tools to consider gender issues throughout their sector activities.
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Identification
of gender issues using gender analysis in relation to the expected
impact of change in economic and agricultural practices and in process
development in institutions and industrial settings.
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Analysis
of the implied workloads for men, women and children in different
socioeconomic and age groups, in relation to water delivery systems
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Training
in participatory investigation to assist field workers to develop
techniques to encourage participation of hitherto marginalised groups
in participatory activities and to ensure that the participation
is carried forward into decision-making from a wide base of community
level support.
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Evaluation
of livelihood opportunities that access to water may open to the
poorer sections of communities
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Evaluation
of social capital that is developed or eroded by changes related
to the development of water resources in the areas where poor communities
live.
