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For the effective mainstraming of gender in IWRM, capacity needs to be built. GWA is commited to developing training material targeted to the need of particular professional and sectoral groups. Furthermore Training of Trainer courses and national level courses on gender and IWRM will be organised.
First Regional Training of Trainers Workshop for the Arab region takes place in Tunis From 26 November- 02 December 2007, GWA conducted its first regional Training of Trainers course in Gender Mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resources Management for the Arab region, in Tunisia. The course was hosted by the Center for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) and organized in collaboration with AWARENET, Cap-Net, IDRC/WaDImena and GEWAMED.
The TOT course aimed to strengthen the capacity of trainers and increase the number of trainers in the Arab Region that can effectively train others in Gender mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resources Management. A total of 13 women and 6 men coming from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen participated very enthusiastically in the course.
By the end of the course the participants had produced 15 national action plans on mainstreaming gender in IWRM in their own countries. GWA looks forward to see the results of these plans in the near future.
GWA addresses gender issues at Regional Workshop on Optimisation for Sustainable Water Resources Management (OPTIMA). Chrisje van Schoot, the Senior Programme Officer of the Gender and Water Alliance attend the OPTIMA workshop on 28 and 29 May 2007 in Qawra, Malta. She was invited to address the importance of gender involvement in water resource management through 2 presentations and the round table discussions.
Materials & Training Providers GWA is soliciting suitable partners in the regions who would want to co-sponsor and co-organise regional workshops, especially Training of Trainers in the field of Gender and Water. Furthermore, we are also soliciting gender and water training materials for the Gender Water Alliance (GWA), Capacity Building Library of Reference. Those interested could contact the Secretariat
For more information on training within the region contact these organsiations:
Report of the international training of trainers for strategizing gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation management From 11-17th of April 2007, Utthan People's Learning Centre for Water and Sanitation organised a international training of trainers for strategizing gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation management. This ToT was supported by GWA and took place in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
The complete report of the workshop can be downloaded here.
Traveling Exhibit Together with IW-Learn, GWA started a traveling Exhibit in May 2005. The main objectives of this project are:
UN-Habitat WAC Programme GWA has engaged in a co-operation agreement with UN-Habitat Water for African Cities Programme to develop and implement the gender mainstreaming strategy in the seventeen African cities that participate in this programme.
Why Gender Matters, A tutorial for water managers This tutorial is primarily aimed at people interested in or responsible for managing water resources. It shows how addressing gender will improve efficiency of water use, environmental sustainability, social benefits and equity from use of our water resources.
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