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Presentation by Angela Ika in the International Symposium Women-Water-Waste, Manila, June 25-27, 2008

The case study analyses the available information and experiences in mainstreaming gender concerns in the Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project in Pakistan. It highlights the lessons learned by the stakeholders involved and pays special attention to aspects of good practice that could be replicated in other ADB water projects. DISCLAIMER: Although this case study is part of the activities under the Gender in Water Partnership of ADB and GWA, the report reflects the opinion of the author which is not necessarily that of ADB or GWA.

This case study focusses on the experiences of an organisation (MUDE) in the Dominican Republic with mainstreaming gender in drinking water and sanitation projects. It describes the implications of gender on water policy and projects; the actions undertaken to assist the poor and women to address their problems with respect to water; the impacts of these actions, as well as conclusions and recommendations.

The case studies focus on four key aspects: the beneficiaries: men and women; the implementers at community level: CBOs and NGOs; the institutions and the policies.

Field visit to Champa-Hospital Rural Water Supply Cooperative with GWA participants: Daniela Nogeira; Zelina Ibrahim; Marcia Brewster; Carmen Rojas; Doris Benavides; Linnette Vassell; and Gwendolyn Ledger Hermosilla, interpreter.

GWA ensures the integration of gender issues in national training on IWRM in Rwanda, July 2008 The national training workshop on Concepts and Principles of IWRM took place in Rwanda from 14th to 18th July 2008. It was organised by the Rwanda Chapter of Nile IWRM-Net and hosted by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in close collaboration with the Rwanda Ministry of Natural Resources. The implementation was made possible with financial support and human resources contributions from Cap-Net, GWA and SNV-Rwanda. GWA was invited to include and facilitate gender mainstreaming issues related to IWRM and its stakeholders. 27 participants from Rwanda and 2 from Burundi participated in the training. In this illustrated workshop report you can read more on objectives, the training modules, the day-to-day programme and the detailed evaluation results.

The Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender in Integrated Water Resource Management in Southeast Asia was held in Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia, from 26 to 29 November 2007. The workshop was orgnaised by CamboNet with the Department of Planning and spupported by CapNet/AguaJaring, the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA), the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and M-Power and attended by 35 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The report explains that this workshop was implemented as a direct follow up on the recommendations resulting from GWA/Asian Institute of Technology, Regional Strategic Planning Workshop on gender and IWRM, held at AIT in July 2007 in Bangkok. It further summarizes the programme with a detailed overview of the expected outcomes and results and elaborates on the workshop evaluation. The 4 annexes of the report contain the detailed workshop curriculum day by day, the proposed Regional Action Plan for Gender Mainstreaming in IWRM, totalling a number of 63 country-level project titles, and the opening and closing speeches ad verbatim.

GWA joined the Tata Institute for Social Sciences, SaciWaters, and Soppecom to support the organization of this 5 days training programme, which was held from 20-24 October 2008 in Goa, India.The training was the first in a series of workshops as part of the “Crossing Boundaries: Regional Capacity Building on IWRM & Gender and Water project” and 29 participants from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Buthan and Nepal participated in the event. The reports starts with the organisation and preparation process, which includes practical tips for those who want to organise a workshop themselves. The second part of the report describes the course day by day and session by session with ample attention for each session’s key points. Apart from gender concepts, current debates about water rights, the course elaborated on gender concerns in key water sectors, like irrigation, domestic water, sanitation and hygiene, in particular menstrual hygiene management. The third section of the report gives an overview of the exercises and activities carried out by the participants. The report continues with an interesting summary of the participants’ comments on the various workshop topics and sessions. It ends with the assessment of the training by the core team. These last two sections hold valuable lessons on (sensitive) contents as well as on training techniques. The daily workshop schedule and detailed evaluation of the workshop can be found in its annexes.

Within the framework of the Crossing Boundaries: Regional Capacity Building on IWRM and Gender & Water Project, GWA was again one of the contributors to the second workshop on Gender, Water and Equity which was held from 27 April -1 May 2009 at the Kalina Campus in Mumbai. A total of 20 participants from India and Nepal participated in the training. Apart from a detailed description of the individual training sessions, exercises, and evaluation experiences, the report features the account of a fascinating plenary on gender, water and sanitation issues in urban slums, which took place after the field visit of the participants to an urban slum in Mumbai.