Why is gender equity a concern for water management? / Sara Ahmed -- Negotiating gender equity through decentralised water management in coastal Gujarat : the case of Utthan / Sara Ahmed -- SEWA: campaigning for water, women, and work / Sara Ahmed -- Mainstreaming gender concerns in participatory irrigation management : the role of AKRSP (I) in South Gujarat / Shilpa Vasavada -- Water women : managing community lift irrigation systems in Jharkhand / Soumya Sarkar and Sukanta Sarkar -- Looking back, thinking forward : the Khudawadi experience with access in irrigation for women and the landless / Seema Kulkarni -- Flowing upstream : towards gender just, equitable, and empowering water management / Sara Ahmed.