Gendered experiences of household water insecurity in the UK

-研究的挑战是定义和衡量英国HWI的经验。英国是这类研究的新背景，HWI的表现可能与更成熟的研究背景不同。家庭内部的社会和性别动态是这项研究的核心。这些权力动态在全球发展中国家的水资源研究中得到了认可，但在所有全球背景下，这方面的数据都是有限的。-这项研究很重要，因为在英国一般不认为存在HWI或相关疾病。此外，家庭中的性别不平等不被视为政治或社会优先事项，尽管对Covid-19封锁期间家庭生活的研究表明，巨大的差距仍然存在，并且在危机时期往往会扩大。-我们不知道水不安全在多大程度上影响低收入家庭的匮乏经历。种族和社会经济因素对HWI的影响在英国尚未得到研究。此外，家庭取水和用水与家庭性别不平等之间的关系在很大程度上是未知的。-该项目将通过从非殖民化女权主义角度审查现有文献来执行。这将为英国的案例研究提供一种知情的方法，该研究将调查弱势家庭的水不安全经历和家庭内部的动态。-影响将是为英国的HWI建立试探性条件，并揭示低收入家庭在水获取和使用方面面临的一些经验。另一个期望的影响将是采用非殖民化方法，利用主要为高收入环境下的发展部门设计的指标。希望这将提高人们的认识，并有助于讨论如何进行非殖民化的国际发展。

- The research challenge is to define and measure the experience of HWI in the UK. The UK is a novel context for this type of study, and the manifestations of HWI may be different to those in more established research contexts. Intra-household social and gendered dynamics are central to this research. These power dynamics are recognised in water research based in the Global South, but data is on this limited in all global contexts. - This research is important because HWI or associated conditions are generally not perceived to exist in the UK. Additionally, gender inequality in the home is not considered a political or social priority, even though research into domestic life during Covid-19 lockdowns showed that large disparities still exist and tend to increase during times of crisis. - We do not know the extent to which water insecurity affects experiences of deprivation in low-income households. The impacts of racial and socioeconomic factors upon HWI have not been studied in the UK. Additionally, the relationship between water access and usage in the home and domestic gender inequality is largely unknown. - The project will be carried out by reviewing the existing literature from a decolonial feminist perspective. This will enable an informed methodology for a UK case study that will investigate the water insecurity experiences of vulnerable households and the intra-household dynamics at play. - The impact will be establishing tentative conditions for HWI in the UK, as well as revealing some of the experiences faced by low-income households regarding water access and use. Another desired impact will be the application of a decolonising methodology, by utilising a metric largely designed for the development sector in a high-income context. The hope is that this will raise awareness and contribute to discourse on how to go about decolonising international development.