Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7458316 | Health & Place | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
As part of a knowledge, attitudes, practices and empowerment (KAPE) project implemented by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) in the Lake Victoria Basin, this paper reports findings from a photovoice study with women in Usoma, a lakeshore community in Western Kenya. Drawing on ecosocial and political ecology theory, findings reveal that access to water, perceptions and practices were shaped by ecological and broader structural factors. Further, collective actions to improve access were constrained by institutional and economic structures, thus (re)enforcing inequalities.
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Authors
Elijah Bisung, Susan J. Elliott, Bernard Abudho, Corinne J. Schuster-Wallace, Diana M. Karanja,