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wH2O: The Journal of Gender and WaterVolume 3 | Issue 1 Article 110-10-2017The Role of Communication in Building RepetitiveDiscourse and the Iconic Representation ofWomen in Water ManagementCéline Hervé-BazinUniversity of Paris SorbonneThis paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/wh2ojournal/vol3/iss1/1For more information, please contact repository@pobox.upenn.edu.The Role of Communication in Building Repetitive Discourse and theIconic Representation of Women in Water ManagementKeywordsWomen, water management, communicationThis original research is available in wH2O: The Journal of Gender and Water: http://repository.upenn.edu/wh2ojournal/vol3/iss1/1—women’s  roles  in water management  issues,  including gender of communication on “water and women” when referring to the of communication is defined as a “ ”. word for “place”. From a literary perspective, the term topos has been  interchangeably  interpreted  as  “topic”  or  “line  of  argu­ment”.  ,  in classic  rhetoric, are  thus  “places”  from where ––far back  as  the  third United Nations Women’s Conference  in tween  sustainable  development, women’s  empowerment  and first time as seen in Chapter 18 of Agenda 21, “Global action for women towards sustainable development”. Chapter 18 tackled participation  of  the  public,  including  “women,  young  people, indigenous populations and local utilities” (Agenda 21, Chapter from  “traditional  role  played  by women”,  “competence”,  and “participation”,  to  “right”,  “decision making”,  “empowerment”, “representativeness”, and  finally, “equality”. The slow evolution of  statements  is  “strikingly  strong”  and  offers  “some  of  the Declarations  under  study”  (Mount  and  Bielak  2011,  22).  The UN Declarations  from  1972  to  2010  and  observed  both  “the deepening  and  shallowing  of  certain  keywords”.  Additionally they showed the inconsistency in defining women’s role in wa­“participation” where women are included as a minority group. The consistency of literature addressing women’s role in water and created  the program  “INMAE” which means development natural link between “water and women”. “water carriers” and how men admitted that women’s relation­ship to water was about “carrying life”. For the program manag­because they did not wish to disrupt women’s social  role and “!”  two  essential  challenges:  “water”,  a  resource  for  life,  and “women” specifically through the goal of protecting women  in —relating to “water and women” that are built on a perception of a  viewer’s  expectations  to  see  women  in  traditional  roles. depicting “one” human being achieving “one” task; in this case, “water and women” to one communicative chore and made the ?????women’s access to water resources.France : Editions L’Harmattan. Hoffman E.  (1999). “Cultures don’t meet, people do: A  system  theoretical ap­proach of intercultural communication”. –Khosla P., and C. Van Wijk,  J. Verhagen, V.  James  (2004)  “Gender and WaterThematic  Overview  Paper”.  Delft,  the  Netherlands: 

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wH2O: The Journal of Gender and Water
Volume 3 | Issue 1 Article 1
10-10-2017
The Role of Communication in Building Repetitive
Discourse and the Iconic Representation of
Women in Water Management
Céline Hervé-Bazin
University of Paris Sorbonne
This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. http://repository.upenn.edu/wh2ojournal/vol3/iss1/1
For more information, please contact repository@pobox.upenn.edu.
The Role of Communication in Building Repetitive Discourse and the
Iconic Representation of Women in Water Management
Keywords
Women, water management, communication
This original research is available in wH2O: The Journal of Gender and Water: http://repository.upenn.edu/wh2ojournal/vol3/iss1/1
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women’s  roles  in water management  issues,  including gender 
of communication on “water and women” when referring to the 
of communication is defined as a “ ”. 
word for “place”. From a literary perspective, the term topos has 
been  interchangeably  interpreted  as  “topic”  or  “line  of  argu­
ment”.  ,  in classic  rhetoric, are  thus  “places”  from where 
–
–
far back  as  the  third United Nations Women’s Conference  in 
tween  sustainable  development, women’s  empowerment  and 
first time as seen in Chapter 18 of Agenda 21, “Global action for 
women towards sustainable development”. Chapter 18 tackled 
participation  of  the  public,  including  “women,  young  people, 
indigenous populations and local utilities” (Agenda 21, Chapter 
from  “traditional  role  played  by women”,  “competence”,  and 
“participation”,  to  “right”,  “decision making”,  “empowerment”, 
“representativeness”, and  finally, “equality”. The slow evolution 
of  statements  is  “strikingly  strong”  and  offers  “some  of  the 
Declarations  under  study”  (Mount  and  Bielak  2011,  22).  The 
UN Declarations  from  1972  to  2010  and  observed  both  “the 
deepening  and  shallowing  of  certain  keywords”.  Additionally 
they showed the inconsistency in defining women’s role in wa­
“participation” where women are included as a minority group. 
The consistency of literature addressing women’s role in water 
and created  the program  “INMAE” which means development 
natural link between “water and women”. 
“water carriers” and how men admitted that women’s relation­
ship to water was about “carrying life”. For the program manag­
because they did not wish to disrupt women’s social  role and 
“
!”  
two  essential  challenges:  “water”,  a  resource  for  life,  and 
“women” specifically through the goal of protecting women  in 
—
relating to “water and women” that are built on a perception of 
a  viewer’s  expectations  to  see  women  in  traditional  roles. 
depicting “one” human being achieving “one” task; in this case, 
“water and women” to one communicative chore and made the 
women’s access to water resources.
France : Editions L’Harmattan. 
Hoffman E.  (1999). “Cultures don’t meet, people do: A  system  theoretical ap­
proach of intercultural communication”. 
–
Khosla P., and C. Van Wijk,  J. Verhagen, V.  James  (2004)  “Gender and Water
Thematic  Overview  Paper”.  Delft,  the  Netherlands: 



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