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The website of the global union federation for public sector unions has a section on gender equality and a section on water utilities that are of interest.

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Since 2004 SIWI regularly asks GWA advise concerning gained experiences in the South which can be presented during the yearly Stockholm Water Week. The Stockholm Water Week acts as a platform where local cases with specific attention for women and men are presented to the international water profession world.

For more information about SIWI, visit their website

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www.sustainable-sanitation-alliance.org

The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance is an open network on Sustainable Sanitation to support the International Year of Sanitation. A joint road map of sustainable sanitation related activities for the IYS has been developed and consists mainly of a series of thematic working groups that will jointly elaborate a range of publications on sustainable sanitation issues, will organise or contribute to international events and will contribute to develop new funding instruments as well as sustainable sanitation capacity building and program initiatives.

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The partnership with GEF IW Learn has the purpose of increasing general conscience about gender and water by a traveling exhibition, and to improve the relations between local GEF and GWA. Awareness raising and advocacy through the gender and water travelling exhibit planned to move from Latin America to Africa and probably Asia.

For more information about GEF IW-Learn, visit their website

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www.cap-net.org

Cap-Net is an international network for capacity building in integrated water management. The partnership of autonomous international, regional and national institutions and networks is committed to capacity building in the water sector.

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www.undp.org/water

UNDP identifies gender mainstreaming as: "...taking account of gender equality concerns in all policy, programme, administrative and financial activities, and in organisational procedures, thereby contributing to a profound organisational transformation."

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www.waterintegritynetwork.net

The Water Integrity Network (WIN), formed in 2006, stimulates anti-corruption activities in the water sector locally, nationally and globally. It promotes solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.

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www.wsscc.org

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is a leading international organisation that enhances collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector, specifically in order to attain universal coverage of water and sanitation services for poor people around the world. WSSCC it operates with a mandate from the United National General Assembly.

The mission of the Council is "to accelerate the achievement of sustainable water, sanitation and waste management services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration among developing countries and external support agencies and through concerted action programmes".

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www.wedc.ac.uk

The Water, Engineering and Development Centreis one of the world's leading institutions concerned with education, training, research, and consultancy relating to the planning, provision, and management of infrastructure for development.

WEDC is devoted to activities that improve the health and well-being of people living in both rural areas and urban communities. We encourage the integration of technological, environmental, social, economic, and management inputs for effective and sustainable development.

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Blog of Gender Water Network based at the ANU, which is a group of people interested in gender issues in water resource management.

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