Globalization and a neoliberal policy climate allowed some actors to concentrate water and decisionmaking power at the expense of less powerful ones, threatening their water and food security while also causing environmental degradation. Resulting water conflicts happen over access to resources, contents of rights and rules, the legitimate authority to make those rules, and the discourses used to articulate realities. The Justicia Hídrica/Water Justice alliance sets out to support water policies that contribute to an equitable distribution of water and democratic allocation procedures. Through a broad alliance of researchers, policy-makers, professionals and grass-root organizations, chiefly in Latin America, but also in countries in Africa, Asia, North America and Europe, the project combines: interdisciplinary research on the dynamics and mechanisms of water accumulation and conflicts; training for and conscientization of a critical mass of water professionals, grassroots leaders and policy-makers; and support for civil society strategies that engage with the questions, needs and opportunities of those groups with less rights and voice in terms of water control.

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