Travelling Exhibit South Asia shown at the GEF - IW Biennial Conference in Cairns, Australia

The Travelling Exhibit on Gender and Water has been a partnership project of GWA with GEF - IW Learn since 2005, and its final South Asian chapter was shown at the 5th GEF - IW Biennial Conference in Cairns, Australia from 26 - 29 October 2009.

Besides showing the Travelling Exhibit, GWA members also organized the only workshop on Gender and Water issues at this conference. This was a 90 minute session including presentations by GWA members and others on Mainstreaming Gender at the GEF; Water, Gender, and MDGs: Progress and Challenges in the Lao-PDR context; Understanding the Women and Water Relationship; Gender and Water Network in Central Asia and; Gender Mainstreaming requires Training.

See some pictures of the Travelling Exhibit at this event below.

GWA Travelling Exhibit at the GEF - IW Learn Conference in Cairns, Australia

The South African Deputy Minister of Water and Environment appreciates the Travelling Exhibit on Gender and Water