Publications

South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe rank 88, 129 and 107 respectively in the global gender related development index. This generally reflects the low status given to gender with respect to access, control and ownership of economic resources and decision-making positions. Therefore, more work has to be done to ensure that gender imbalances among men and women, rich and poor are addressed adequately

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The GWA Advocacy Manual For Gender and Water Ambassadors includes Guidelines on lobbying, speeches and conferences, a Training Module and Case Studies.

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Paper prepared for the gender session at the 3rd Arab Water Regional Conference

Ibrahim_final.pdf  (52 kB)

This paper presents a gender perspective on flood protection. The idea behind presenting a special paper is to highlight the particular issues that women face with respect to floods not only in Mozambique but the world over and present the gender perspective for effective flood protection and mitigation measures.

At the end of the article the conclusions and recommendations of a session with respect to flood mitigation in Mozambique are given.

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In this publication the extent to which women have benefited from increased water access. is examined. It is argued that while gender equality is crucial for the sustainability of water programmes, its advancement through water programmes has been limited. The author calls for more impact studies and suggests the use of empowering participatory approaches.

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The fact sheet was written by GWA member Roberta Hawkins and explores issues of how women and men in Mongolia relate differently to water collection, use and management. The findings are based on two months of field work undertaken in the Fall of 2006.

Main findings include:

• Women and men, boys and girls are all involved in water collection (contrary to international studies which found that only women and girls collect water)
• Men and boys are more involved in water collection as technological requirement increases (ie. water is collected by vehicle or animal)
• Men and women in the rural communities participating in this study prioritized similar water uses, irrelevant of whether or not women or men completed the tasks
• Women are underrepresented in regional water management schemes despite their control over household water management

Gender and Water in Mongolia Fact Sheet - ENGLISH.pdf  (6.05 MB)

This evidence report chronicles mutliple positive impacts of taking women's needs and preferences into account in Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene projects. Numerous examples and experiences from different parts of the world have been collected and refered to.

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Published by the Ministry of Water Resources, Women’s Affairs Department, Ethiopia.

In collaboration with Ethiopian Water Resource Training Center and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

December 2005

Disclaimer: The views presented in this document are not necessarily those of the Gender and Water Alliance

Gender Mainstraming field manual Dec2006 .doc  (915 kB)

A publication of the Ministyr of Water Resources, Women's Affairs Department of Ethiopia.

Published Januari 2001, Addis Abeba.

Disclaimer: The views in this publication are not necessarily that of the Gender and Water Alliance

Gender Mainstreaming Guideline and Checklists 2001 .doc  (1,001 kB)

Paper prepared for the gender session at the 3rd Arab Water Regional Conference.

Joke_final.pdf  (54 kB)