This collective work was conducted within the context of the research project entitled "Effectiveness of women's economic rights: the case of access to water for agricultural use in Mauritania, Niger and Senegal." Initiated by the African Network for Integrated Development (RADI) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), it aims to explain the origins, manifestations and consequences of the gender divide with regards to access, use and control of productive water. Beyond its significance for research, this issue is also relevant to the dynamic protection of women's economic...