The mission of GWA is to promote women’s and men’s equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. GWA believes that equitable access to and control over water is a basic right for all, as well as a critical factor in promoting poverty eradication and sustainability.
Results of the GWA Steering Committee Elections With pleasure the Gender and Water Alliance announces the results of the elections for new GWA Steering Committee members which took place recently. In total 252 members did cast their votes. The following four persons have been (re-)elected and will take their seats as of 25th of May 2009:
GWA would like to congratulate them and welcome them as new SC members. We look forward to their valuable contributions. GWA also thanks the other candidates for standing for the elections. Over and above we want to express our gratitude to all the members who casted their votes and by doing so showed their interest in GWA.
5th World Water Forum More than 80 members of the Gender and Water Alliance from across the globe joined up in Istanbul in March 2009, at the 5th World Water Forum, in an effort to mainstream gender equity issues in the discussions and emerging recommendations. GWA aimed to bridge specifically the gender gap in the various agendas, as “Bridging divides for water” was the slogan of the Water Forum.
Sad news from Palestine It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our very honoured member, Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad of Palestine. She died in a terrible car crash on her way back home from work in Ramallah.
Report of Training of Trainers in Delta State Nigeria From 14 - 20 September 2008 a Regional Training of Trainers Workshop was organised by GWA and the African Initiative for Environment Sustainable Network in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. The ToT dealt with Understanding Gender in Integrated Water Resource Management. The report of this ToT can be downloaded here.
TOT DeltaState.pdf (3.49 MB)
Regional Training of Trainers for the Bangla-speakers from the two Bengals organised A Regional ToT in Bangla language was designed by GWA and held in collaboration with Pradan at CINI Chetana Resource Centre in Poilan in the outskirts of Kolkata, India, from November 25 to December 1, 2008. The ToT was meant to fulfill a long felt need felt by those working in this part of India and in Bangladesh for gender mainstreaming in IWRM. It was intended to assist participants with knowledge and the resources on gender as an organizing principle of water management. This was the first time that such a 'cross-border' linguistic initiative on gender and water was undertaken between the two countries. The report of this ToT can be downloaded below.
ToT in Bangla.pdf (1.25 MB)
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