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Gender and Water related Videos

This folder contains links to videos, podcasts, short documentaries and films dealing with gender issues in water. Some of these videos also include GWA members advocating the importance of gender mainstreaming in water policy, projects, and practices around the world.


ArticleAl-Jazeera Video on Women and the Politics of Water - Part 1 (27 Feb 10)

Please click on the following link to view a 12 minute Video on: Women and the Politics of Water - Part I

This video is in English and is the first of the 2 part Al-Jazeera Everywoman documentary on Women and Politics of Water. It features an interview with Maude Barlow - author of "Blue Gold" - and films two women in rural and urban Tanzania in their daily struggle to access water for their families.

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ArticleAl Jazeera Video on Women and the Politics of Water - Part II, featuring interview with GWA Advisor Marcia Brewster (27 Feb 10)

Please click on the following link to view a 11 and half minute video on: Women and the Politics of Water - Part II

This video is in English and is the second of the 2 part Al-Jazeera Everywoman documentary on Women and Politics of Water. It features an interview with GWA Advisor - Marcia Brewster, and Biraj Swain of WaterAid India, and films Indian village women at the forefront of the popular protest against the damming of the Narmada river in India, in their campaign to regain control over this precious resource - vital to the survival of their villages.

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ArticlePodcast of GWA Chair's lecture at ANU Asia Pacific Week 2009 (02 Mar 10)

On 27 January 2009 GWA Chairperson - Mrs Sara Ahmed - delivered a lecture " Reforming Water, Transforming Women" to a large gathering of scholars at the Australian National University as part of their Asia Pacific Week 2009 event. To download the podcast of Sara Ahmed's lecture, visit http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/podcasts/podcasts.php?series=cap and scroll down the page to the podcast of 27 January 2009 titled: "Asia Pacific Week 2009 - 04: Reforming Water, Transforming Women: Does Gender Matter in Water Management in Asia and the Pacific?".

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